Travel blogger blocks page in Maldives after backlash
Nas Daily made his page inaccessible in the Maldives out of fear for the safety of a local girl in his latest video who expressed her wish to take off the hijab.
21 May 2018, 9:00 AM
Travel blogger Nas Daily on Sunday blocked his popular Facebook page in the Maldives out of fear for the safety of a local girl who appeared in his latest video and expressed her wish to take off the hijab.
Called X to protect her identity, the video shows the 24-year-old speak with her face covered about facing societal pressure to wear the burqa with all her classmates when she was 13 years old.
“Over time, she grew tired of always having to cover her extremely long hair, especially on an island that is always hot and humid,” Nuseir ‘Nas’ Yassin narrates, observing that she was free to date or divorce but would face trouble if she were to take off the hijab.
The one-minute video sparked a backlash when it was uploaded early Sunday, prompting the Israeli-Palestinian vlogger to make it inaccessible in the Maldives.
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