Author: Yasmine Hamdan

Quotes

I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative.

I was raised by strong women, and the role models I had in music and cinema were strong, too - liberated and provocative.

- Yasmine Hamdan

I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness.

I don't believe that there is a separation between art and political consciousness.

- Yasmine Hamdan

I sing in Arabic as a statement. It's art, and it's a challenge.

I sing in Arabic as a statement. It's art, and it's a challenge.

- Yasmine Hamdan

When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring.

When I read the Koran or hear it read, the images and the poetry, the sound of the language is very inspiring.

- Yasmine Hamdan

Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies.

Change means resistance, and resistance means transformation and igniting energies.

- Yasmine Hamdan

I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.

I was born in the middle of Lebanon's civil war.

- Yasmine Hamdan

Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to even worse.

Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to even worse.

- Yasmine Hamdan

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.

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

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.

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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