Lebanese - Musician | 1976 -
The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic.
Yasmine Hamdan
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If you have a drummer who alternates between fast and slow drumming, it can negatively affect the music.
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'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 who are more submissive, women who are in charge.
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Women are a minority the same way gay people are.
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I've always fought any form of censorship.
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When I started doing music, it was out of despair and boredom. I got passionate about it, and I felt that it allowed me to become somebody: an artist who explores her different identities.
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For me, a taxi is like a public space because so many people get in that space.
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We all have femininity in us.
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As an artist, you need to be true to yourself and free and not put yourself in a box that contradicts with what you feel is needed for a song.
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There is something spiritual about art that connects us with ourselves and with others; it's really about coming together and creating bridges.
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I think our societies - to certain extent, of course, and to different degrees, but almost with no exception - have always been struggling to come to terms with archaic traditions.
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When it comes to the lyrics, I write about my own perception of things and use characters for that.
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