Arabic Quote by Yasmine Hamdan Download Open image “I sing in Arabic as a statement. It's art, and it's a challenge.” — Yasmine Hamdan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Arabic Art Challenge Sing Statement
When I started, I didn't know how to sing in Arabic - it's a very complex and sophisticated music full of codes and modes… — 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
Good music is good music no matter what language you're singing in. I think my fans appreciate the fact that I'm not afraid to… — Ahmad Balshe Copy Share Image
Going back and forth between Western Arabic and African countries clearly created the various musical backgrounds I could have and obviously influenced my professional… — Rokia Traore Copy Share Image
But my Arabic is pretty good. It's good enough to have conversations with people, to understand what they say, to understand what they're feeling. — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
Singing in a different language is a challenge, but 'Will I See You' was so much fun to create. — Anitta Copy Share Image
I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me… — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
You should do whatever language you feel is the perfect language for you to sing in and then try to strive to do the… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
Only when you know the nuances of a language can you sing a song well. — Asha Bhosle 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
We were the outliers: my mother was the only Western woman (khawagayya, in Egyptian Arabic) to have married into the family, and during my… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
“Assad whistled a few notes of one of his native country's melancholic songs. It sounded as though he was whistling backwards” — Jussi Adler-Olsen Copy Share Image
“Fuck the Bureau! Their entire outfit is half the size of the NYPD. I've got more officers who speak Arabic in one precinct that… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
Pomegranate molasses is ubiquitous in Arabic cooking: it's sweet, sour and adds depth. — Yotam Ottolenghi Copy Share Image
I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful. — Hakeem Olajuwon Copy Share Image
I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in introducing another… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
Growing up, I came to love Egypt and respect Islam, but I never thought to go beyond the surface. Back in Canada, many of… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
“Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine' -the Wisdom of our Creed is revealed through these words - 'We work in the Dark, to… — Oliver Bowden Copy Share Image
“No blasphemy harms Islam and Muslims so much as the call for murdering a writer” — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera Mubasher, which… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
The international media concentrates on the famous, the big names. Al Jazeera goes to the margins, investigates stories that are still developing and in… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
