Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I have a sense of mission in a way. I've always worked on being free, as a woman and as an artist. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I had the urge to face my own limitation, and I needed to be bigger. I needed to be more professional and… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
Egyptians are quite incredible people. They have everything: the culture, the music, the scenes. So much of Arab music and art started… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
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… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
It's complicated for my music to be accepted, even in Lebanon and the Arabic world - I sing in Arabic, but there's no lute,… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
Because of the Lebanese civil war, I had a scattered childhood. I had to build my own connections to each country we moved to. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
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. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
'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… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush and Radiohead… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
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,… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I always had this crisis: where do I come from? I was never an insider, never an outsider; I was always in the middle.… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
