Yasmine Hamdan

Yasmine Hamdan Arabic ياسمين حمدان born 1976 is a Lebanese singer songwriter and actress now based in Paris She 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 Soapkills was one of the first independent 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 Hamdan had a cameo in Jim Jarmuschs film 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 Syrian playwright Saadallah Wannous for a production at Comédie Française Description above from the Wikipedia article Yasmine Hamdan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia