Tag: 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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The Arabic music I listen to is extremely edgy. Ironic, sarcastic, sensual, erotic.
Yasmine Hamdan
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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.
Yasmine Hamdan
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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
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Singing is a very sensual activity! You engage in it with all your senses and your heart.
Yasmine Hamdan
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We all have femininity in us.
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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I’m bored, normally, when I travel.
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 don’t relate to what is seen as ‘Arab culture.’ I relate to what I explore myself, what is around me.
Yasmine Hamdan