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'Nas Daily' accused of exploiting Filipino culture in latest controversy

Published :  
06-08-2021 13:49|

Youtuber Nuseir Yassin, better known as 'Nas Daily,' is caught up in yet another controversy- this time in the Philippines. 

His online training program, Nas Academy, was selling a course allegedly taught by renowned Filipina tattoo artist Apo Whang-od Oggay on her traditional, cultural methods of tattooing. 

However, a relative of Oggay said her grandmother had no agreement to teach the course, and urged people to 'stop the disrespect' of her grandmother and heritage. 

The price of the course was about $15. It has since been removed from the Nas Academy website, but Yassin himself has not yet commented on the controversy. 

Yassin, who identifies as 'Palestinian-Israeli' has previously made headlines when he described the Nakba as a time when "some Palestinians left, some Palestinians were killed, and others stayed in their lands." 

In the same video, he said, "There are bigger and better things to focus on than the name of a piece of land." 

He has lost hundreds of thousands of Facebook followers in the last week.