Arabic → English transcript

Peace be upon you and God’s mercy and blessings. I am Rami Al- Dahesh,

the guy from the braid video. Today I’m surprised,

I’m just sitting here staring, honestly,

that the video is trending and channels are sharing it. The video was just a joke,

I mean look, the hair is not real hair, the hair is artificial, just so you know.

I passed by a restaurant, I wanted to eat, so…

it was placed on the table, so I put it on…

The restaurant owner grabbed his phone and started filming me,

and he said,“ Say some Hafala poetry,” so I was about to say Hafala poetry…

And he posted it, I had no idea he was going to post it, I mean,

the guy was filming me, he’s my friend. So he posted it and… Then he took it down.

I told him,“ Delete it,

you can’t post videos like that.”

So the video, I don’t know who took it, so… people are sharing it around.

And it’s gone viral… and[ they’re calling

me] killers and criminals and I have nothing to do with any of that stuff.

And the hair is all,

just a setup, you know, artificial hair.

And may God reward you a thousand good things.