{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Yasmine Hamdan | image = Yasmien Hamdan Berlin Nov 2013.jpg | caption = Hamdan performing in 2013 | birth_name = Yasmine Hani Hamdan | alias = | native_name = ياسمين حمدان | native_name_lang = ar | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}} | birth_place = [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|[[Electronica]]|[[trip hop]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}} | years_active = 1997–present | label = [[Crammed Discs]] | current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Soapkills]]|[[Y.A.S.]]}} | spouse = [[Elia Suleiman]] }} [[Image:yasmin-hamdan.jpg|thumb|right|260px|[[Aarhus Festuge|Aarhus Festival]], 2015]]
'''Yasmine Hani Hamdan'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/904770409 |title=BALAD |website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |access-date=July 9, 2023}}</ref> ({{langx|ar|ياسمين حمدان}}; born 1976) is a Lebanese singer and songwriter, now based in [[Paris]].
==Biography== Hamdan became known with [[Soapkills]], the duo she founded with [[Zeid Hamdan]] (no relation) while she was still living in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]]. The first album released by Soapkills was ''Bater'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://farklimuzik.com/yasmine-hamdan |title=Yasmine Hamdan - Farklı Müzik |date=11 October 2012 |publisher=Farklimuzik.com |access-date=2013-05-26 |archive-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422094120/http://farklimuzik.com/yasmine-hamdan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Soapkills was one of the first independent [[Electronic music|electronic]] bands in the [[Middle East]], and its innovative approach exerted a lasting influence. To this day, Yasmine Hamdan is considered an icon of [[underground music]] across the [[Arab world]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rollingstoneme.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=907 |title=Yasmine Hamdan Collaborates With Marc Collin |publisher=Rollingstoneme.com |date=2011-12-07 |access-date=2013-05-26 |archive-date=2 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402121731/http://rollingstoneme.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=907 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/arts/13iht-hamdan13.html|title=Arabic Music's Modern Voice|date=13 April 2012|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
After moving to Paris, Hamdan collaborated with [[CocoRosie]]. She teamed up with [[Mirwais Ahmadzaï]] (who was part of French electronic [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Taxi Girl]] in the '80s, and produced/co-wrote some of [[Madonna]]'s albums),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/arts/13iht-hamdan13.html|title=Arabic Music's Modern Voice|last=Mulholland|first=Tara|date=2012-04-12|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-09-07|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> with whom she recorded the 2008 album ''[[Arabology (album)|Arabology]]'' under the [[Y.A.S.]] moniker.
Hamdan then joined forces with [[Marc Collin]] (of [[Nouvelle Vague (band)|Nouvelle Vague]]) to write and produce her first, self-titled solo album, which came out in [[France]] and Lebanon in 2012 on Kwaidan Records), and was released internationally (in a revised version with five new tracks) in 2013 by [[Crammed Discs]] under the title ''[[Ya Nass]]''. In this album, which blends [[Arabic pop|pop]], [[Folk music|folk]] and electronic sounds with melodies and lyrics inspired by various [[Middle Eastern culture|Middle-Eastern traditions]], Hamdan "has undertaken the challenge of affirming and rewriting [[Arabic music|Arabic musical heritage]]", according to ''[[Al Akhbar (Lebanon)|Al Akhbar]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/6720 |title=Yasmine Hamdan: Musical Tradition With an Attitude |publisher=Al Akhbar English |date=2012-04-27 |access-date=2013-05-26}}</ref> Her personal life (she has lived in Lebanon, [[Kuwait]], [[Abu Dhabi]], [[Greece]] and France) and her curiosity have enabled Hamdan to playfully use various [[dialects of Arabic]] in her lyrics, which alternate between [[Lebanese Arabic|Lebanese]], [[Kuwaiti Arabic|Kuwaiti]], [[Palestinian Arabic|Palestinian]], [[Egyptian Arabic|Egyptian]] and [[Bedouin Arabic|Bedouin]], as well as some of the [[code-switching]] which is so typical of Middle-Eastern humour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondomix.com/fr/news/lecon-de-geographie-interieure-avec-yasmine-hamdan |title=Leçon de géographie intérieure avec Yasmine Hamdan |website=Mondomix.com |date=2012-06-18 |access-date=2013-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Par Marie Ottavi |url=http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2012/05/21/yasmine-hamdan-l-envol-pop_819662 |title=Yasmine Hamdan, l'envol pop Next |publisher=Next.liberation.fr |date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2013-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brownbook.me/yasmine-hamdan/ |title=Yasmine Hamdan |website=www.brownbook.me |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516004541/http://www.brownbook.me/yasmine-hamdan/ |archive-date=16 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Hamdan had a cameo in [[Jim Jarmusch]]'s film<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reorientmag.com/2013/01/yasmine-hamdan/|title=REORIENT - Middle Eastern Arts and Culture Magazine|website=Reorientmag.com}}</ref> ''[[Only Lovers Left Alive]]'' alongside [[Tilda Swinton]] and [[Tom Hiddleston]]. She has written an original soundtrack for the [[theatre]] play ''Rituel pour une métamorphose'' by [[Syria]]n playwright [[Saadallah Wannous]] for a production at [[Comédie-Française]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/spectacle-comedie-francaise.php?id=517&spid=373&p=1|title=Rituel pour une métamorphose|website=Comedie-francaise.fr|access-date=16 March 2013|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215095749/http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/spectacle-comedie-francaise.php?id=517&spid=373&p=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Yasmine Hamdan Berlin 2017.JPG|thumb|Concert in Berlin, 2017]] Entitled ''Al Jamilat'' ('The Beautiful Ones'), Yasmine Hamdan's second solo album came out in 2017. Recorded in Beirut, Paris and [[London]], it was produced by herself, co-produced by [[Leo Abrahams]] and [[Luke Smith (session musician)|Luke Smith]], and features performances by [[Shahzad Ismaily]], [[Steve Shelley]] and more. ''Jamilat Reprise'', an album of reworks by the likes of Acid Arab, [[Matias Aguayo]], [[Brandt Brauer Frick]] and several others, came out in 2018.
Yasmine Hamdan released her fourth album in 2025 entitled, ''I remember I forget''. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Saeed |first=Saeed |title=Yasmine Hamdan breaks eight-year silence with new album I Remember I Forget, exploring memory and displacement |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2025/08/26/yasmine-hamdan-breaks-eight-year-silence-with-new-album-i-remember-i-forget-exploring-memory-and-displacement/ |access-date=2025-09-23 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
Yasmine Hamdan is married to the Palestinian film director and actor [[Elia Suleiman]] and lives in Paris.<ref name="national">{{cite news|last1=Saad|first1=Shirine|title=Childhood wanderings influence Yasmine Hamdan's third album|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/childhood-wanderings-influence-yasmine-hamdans-third-album#full|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161227033422/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/music/childhood-wanderings-influence-yasmine-hamdans-third-album%23full|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 December 2016|access-date=25 March 2016|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=3 August 2013}}</ref>
==Discography== ;with [[Soap Kills]] * ''Bater'' (1999) * ''Cheftak'' (2001) * ''Enta Fen'' (2005)
;with [[Y.A.S.]] * ''[[Arabology (album)|Arabology]]'' (2009)
;Solo recordings * ''Yasmine Hamdan'' (2012) (reissued in 2013 as ''[[Ya Nass]]'') * ''Al Jamilat'' (2017) * ''Jamilat Reprise'' (2018) * ''I remember I forget'' (2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saeed |first=Saeed |title=Yasmine Hamdan breaks eight-year silence with new album I Remember I Forget, exploring memory and displacement |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music-stage/2025/08/26/yasmine-hamdan-breaks-eight-year-silence-with-new-album-i-remember-i-forget-exploring-memory-and-displacement/ |access-date=2025-09-23 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
==Film music== *2016: ''[[In Between (2016 film)|In Between]]'' by [[Maysaloun Hamoud]] *2013: ''[[Only Lovers Left Alive]]'' by [[Jim Jarmusch]] *2009: ''[[The Time That Remains]]'' by [[Elia Suleiman]] *2006: ''What a Wonderful World'' by [[Faouzi Bensaidi]] *2005: ''[[A Perfect Day (2005 film)|A Perfect Day]]'' by [[Khalil Joreige|K.Jreij]] and [[Joana Hadjithomas]] *2003: ''Cendres'' by [[Khalil Joreige|K.Jreij]] and [[Joana Hadjithomas]] *2002: ''Aux Frontière'' by D.Arbid, documentaire (ARTE, RTBF, CBF) *2002: ''[[Divine Intervention (2002 film)|Intervention Divine]]'' by [[Elia Suleiman]] *2002: ''Terra Incognita'' by Ghassan Salhab, [[Cannes]] 2002
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} <!-- please, no fansites. we have a Google directory link. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EL --> *{{Official website|1=http://www.yasminehamdan.com}} *[http://www.crammed.be/index.php?id=34&art_id=192 Yasmine Hamdan page on the Crammed Discs website] *[http://farklimuzik.com/yasmine-hamdan Yasmine Hamdan at Farklı Müzik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422094120/http://farklimuzik.com/yasmine-hamdan/ |date=22 April 2016 }} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U_UUQlFs3Q Interview of Yasmine Hamdan by Dr. Ramzi Salti] at [[Stanford University]]
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