[2] Also, when she was asked to learn a Western instrument to play in the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra, she continued to study the oud instead.

[4]: 6  To prepare for a solo performance at the next Festival de l’imaginaire, Bouhassoun travelled to Aleppo in northern Syria to train further as a singer with Arabic musicians.

[4]: 5 In 2010, Bouhassoun moved to Paris to begin a Masters' degree in ethnomusicology researching Syrian Druze funerals, supervised by the ethnomusicologist Jean Lambert.

[1] Bouhassoun remains based in Paris, but continues to return to Syria annually to visit family and do research in ethnomusicology.

[8] Bouhassoun sings in the contralto vocal range[3] and has interpreted both traditional and mystical Arabic poetic lyrics as well as modern poems by the Syrian poet Adonis.