Yasmine Hamdan Quotes

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.
'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.
All of the Arabic women I grew up listening to or watching had a very strong character.
As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.
Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush and Radiohead - and I loved Chet Baker, Etna James, a lot of singers and a lot of bands.
Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to.
Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies.
Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you.
Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started there.
Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to even worse.
Faith is a very intimate process that involves being sincere and truthful to a spiritual presence.
For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space.
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 don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness.
I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me.
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.
I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences.
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.
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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