Haifa Beseisso: Dubai’s YouTuber who challenges stereotypes with one rap song at a time

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00:00Just clearing my aura for the interview for all the gulf news viewers. This is for you. I

00:11Quit my job six years ago to follow my dream and my dream was to host and say things that are important to me to

00:17The people then I became known as fly with hay fire the traveler on YouTube that travels around the world

00:22To discover countries and meet people and eat with them and sit with them

00:27So I'm a traveler I have around 50 million views on my channel more important than the number is the real impact

00:35So I care a lot about the impact that I can do. So lately I've been really into society and to woman things

00:42let's say waking up myself and others to our our real rights and just letting go of

00:49Suffering I needed suffering. Yeah, the biggest challenge I would say when I quit my job and

00:56Wanted to pursue my dream and start online content was editing because I just don't like editing

01:03I like filming and doing all this stuff, but editing was hard, but it's crazy that when you decide to follow your dream and

01:10When there's nothing that you see in the world except your dreams the right people start to show up and opportunities

01:17So this same week I decided to quit

01:19I met a girl who has a company and

01:23The company just stood by me and edited my videos for free for a whole year

01:28So if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have made it

01:30It's crazy these days when you just find you know

01:32An entity that just wants to support dreamers and that's how my journey with following my dream started and you know

01:38When I first started which was I started my channel 2014

01:42I started my YouTube to look for a job because no one would give me a chance as a host

01:47And I knew I had something in me and literally I would go to producers and they would literally shut the door on my face

01:54And then start praying because it's like you cannot interrupt us right right now. So then I said

01:59The best way for me to have a show is to give it to myself

02:02And that's the beauty of the internet the internet doesn't ask you where you from

02:06What is your age or anything like that?

02:08You can just go with your talent and the people will decide

02:12So then I started YouTube to look for a job because I just wanted to put myself out there

02:16Maybe somebody will call me a director or a producer, but then I loved it so much

02:20I loved the sky's the limit and you can do anything and nobody can stop you

02:25So then I quit and I'm like, you know what? This is my full-time

02:28Expression it also became my purpose

02:32Not just a job my favorite spot in the world and land is Bali, Indonesia

02:37Land Bali is a very powerful place with energy and it's so beautiful and the food is great

02:43I travel not just to go to nice places touristic places, but also I would say spiritual traveling

02:49So get to know get getting to know myself and people so Bali is very generous in the sense

02:54It's scary. You will never go to Bali and come back the same person. Thank you so much for listening

03:00And Hakuna Matata, which means don't worry

03:13You

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