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" My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait. "

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" We all have femininity in us. "

" I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war. "

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" Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies. "

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" Imagine a singer with the virtuosity of Joan Sutherland or Ella Fitzgerald, the public persona of Eleanor Roosevelt, and the audience of Elvis, and you have Umm Kulthum. "

" I love Khaliji music; it's very inspiring. "

" When I started, I didn't know how to sing in Arabic - it's a very complex and sophisticated music full of codes and modes and quarter-tones. "

" I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that. "

" It's normal; Arab women have always been very active at the forefront of culture - as film producers since the 1920s; as singers, dancers, choreographers, writers for much longer than that. "

" I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative. "

" I have a sense of mission in a way. I've always worked on being free, as a woman and as an artist. "

" Singing is a very sensual activity! You engage in it with all your senses and your heart. "

" 'Al Jamilat' is not just feminist. It's an album with songs that feature women: women who are in love, rebellious women, political activists, women who are more submissive, women who are in charge. "

" I've always fought any form of censorship. "

" There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges. "

" My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. "

" I always had this crisis: where do I come from? I was never an insider, never an outsider; I was always in the middle. But it means I never have borders in my head. "

" I am interested in exploring encounters where worlds meet and not where they separate. "

" I studied psychology at university. "

" It's interesting to be at once an insider and outsider. It's a way of learning how to find your way freely without the need of conforming or belonging. "

" Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to. "

" Women are a minority the same way gay people are. "

" When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. "

" When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that. "

" Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. "

" World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no matter what your style of music or artistic proposition is, you are faced with some of that reality. "

" I met Jim Jarmusch when I started recording my album 'Ya Nass.' He was writing the script for 'Only Lovers Left Alive.' Jarmusch was always a great inspiration to me, way before meeting him. Working with him was fantastic. "