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" There should be no borders, race, colours, or ethnical considerations when it comes to music and creativity. "

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

" I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. "

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

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

" I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started there. "

" I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. "

" I set the bar very high. I'm very tough on myself. "

" 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. "

" With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. "

" I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is very multilayered. "

" If you have a drummer who alternates between fast and slow drumming, it can negatively affect the music. "

" I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me. "

" I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I sing 'Beirut' for what the city is for me, but I am also singing as an exile. "

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

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

" '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. "

" You do not start by working on society; you start by yourself to be a freer person and a more independent person. "

" 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. "

" I had an Arabic background. but I lived a very scattered childhood. I didn't belong to any one culture, which meant I didn't have musical geographies in my head. "

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

" Maybe I was blessed that my main drive was purely selfish. I needed to make something, make my life better, wider, have poetry in my life, have something that gives me hope on an everyday basis. That was my main drive all along, really. "

" 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. "

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