"Without freedom and without humor, our cultures can't have a healthy evolution." — Yasmine Hamdan

I'm bored, normally, when I travel.

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

I'm Muslim but not really. My family did not care. And I always managed to skip religion classes when I was living in the Gulf, even when they were obligatory.

My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.