The Arabic world was very interesting in the 1920s to '60s: there was something booming culturally, and I found my culture very desirable when I listened to these songs. — 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 matter what your style of music or artistic proposition is, you are faced with some of that reality. — 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 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 - and I loved Chet Baker, Etna James, a lot of singers and a lot of bands. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share
The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic. — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
