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Yasmine Hamdan
Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
Born: 1976
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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, no classical instruments. Maybe with the Internet opening things up, things will change. Yasmine Hamdan
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I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital. Yasmine Hamdan
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I follow my desires, and I'm prepared to take the consequences. Yasmine Hamdan
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The Arab world is mediatised in a way that gives too much space to these people - puritans, extremists, whatever you want to call them. There are a lot more people like me in the Middle East than you might think. Yasmine Hamdan
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There are many positive values that come with a Muslim upbringing. But when religion becomes about rules and hierarchies, when it starts to feel like a prison, I'm not interested. Yasmine Hamdan
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Collaborating with other artists is an emotional thing. Obviously, you don't do it unless this person inspires you. Yasmine Hamdan
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I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness. Yasmine Hamdan
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I went from the most underground band in the world to signing with Madonna's producer and a record label that is extremely mainstream - it was interesting. Yasmine Hamdan
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I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that. Yasmine Hamdan
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I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war. Yasmine Hamdan
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I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative. Yasmine Hamdan
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I'm inspired by many artists whose language I don't understand. Yasmine Hamdan
Language Inspired Understand Artists Many Whose
I sing in Arabic as a statement. It's art, and it's a challenge. Yasmine Hamdan
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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 and quarter-tones. Yasmine Hamdan
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With Soapkills, we were lucky. We started at a time of transition where things were not ready, nothing was available. Yasmine Hamdan
Time Nothing Ready Were Where Available Transition Lucky Things Started
Maybe I was blessed that my main drive was purely selfish. I needed to make something, make my life better, wider, have poetry in my life, have something that gives me hope on an everyday basis. That was my main drive all along, really. Yasmine Hamdan
Life Hope Me Selfish Better My Life Drive Blessed Everyday Purely Something Gives Poetry Main Along Make Maybe Really Wider Basis Needed
It's normal; Arab women have always been very active at the forefront of culture - as film producers since the 1920s; as singers, dancers, choreographers, writers for much longer than that. Yasmine Hamdan
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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
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It's interesting to be at once an insider and outsider. It's a way of learning how to find your way freely without the need of conforming or belonging. Yasmine Hamdan
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There should be no borders, race, colours, or ethnical considerations when it comes to music and creativity. Yasmine Hamdan
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I have learned to create from a hybridized point of view. It's an asset - something rather liberating. Yasmine Hamdan
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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
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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, figures of change and awakening. Yasmine Hamdan
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When I go to Beirut, I don't drive. It's traumatizing to drive there. Yasmine Hamdan
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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. Yasmine Hamdan
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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
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