I don't think there is only one Arab culture or a pure Arabness. We are very multiple, especially our generation, which is… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I had an Arabic background. but I lived a very scattered childhood. I didn't belong to any one culture, which meant I… — 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
The Arabic world was very interesting in the 1920s to '60s: there was something booming culturally, and I found my culture very… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
It's normal; Arab women have always been very active at the forefront of culture - as film producers since the 1920s; as… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I think our societies - to certain extent, of course, and to different degrees, but almost with no exception - have always… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
I don't relate to what is seen as 'Arab culture.' I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
'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 Image
With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
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 Image
The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
