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" There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Bridges
Us
Together
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" 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. "
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" I love Khaliji music; it's very inspiring. "
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" 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. "
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" When I imagine feminine characters in my songs, they're often bold, strong, passionate, militant, witty, sensual, dangerous. I see those characters as skillful witnesses, figures of change and awakening. "
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" My father is an engineer, and my mother raised the three children. "
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" I think our societies - to certain extent, of course, and to different degrees, but almost with no exception - have always been struggling to come to terms with archaic traditions. "
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" My family played a part in bringing communism to Lebanon. "
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" There are many positive values that come with a Muslim upbringing. But when religion becomes about rules and hierarchies, when it starts to feel like a prison, I'm not interested. "
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" '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. "
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" I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile. "
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" When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it allowed me to become somebody: an artist who explores her different identities. "
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Doing
Boredom
" For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space. "
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Me
Like
" Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started there. "
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People
Culture
" I had the urge to face my own limitation, and I needed to be bigger. I needed to be more professional and be in a more competitive environment because I wanted to grow as an artist. That's why I went to Europe. "
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Artist
Environment
" 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. "
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Great
Alive
Meeting
" I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Desires
Consequences
Follow
" There should be no borders, race, colours, or ethnical considerations when it comes to music and creativity. "
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Race
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" The Arab world is mediatised in a way that gives too much space to these people - puritans, extremists, whatever you want to call them. There are a lot more people like me in the Middle East than you might think. "
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Space
Me
World
" I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself. "
Yasmine Hamdan
Myself
Bar
Very
" A lot of Arabic composers such as Mohammed Abdel Wahab mixed sounds and instruments from all over the world. It's important to be able to propose new ways and new sounds without being stigmatised, censored or put aside. "
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Over
New
Without
" When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring. "
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Poetry
Sound
" Singing is a very sensual activity! You engage in it with all your senses and your heart. "
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" I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war. "
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War
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" 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. "
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" Women are a minority the same way gay people are. "
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Minority
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" I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital. "
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I Am
Doing
Always
" All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character. "
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Up
" You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person. "
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Start
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" I'm Muslim but not really. My family did not care. And I always managed to skip religion classes when I was living in the Gulf, even when they were obligatory. "
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Religion
Always
Care