Arabic → English transcript

Arabs and refugees in the Netherlands, beware and listen to me until the end.

And share this as widely as possible. Maybe for the first time, I am asking this.

Why? Because it's important. Listen to me carefully.

Lately, we have been seeing many pages

inciting against refugees and trying to tarnish the reputation of Arabs in general,

and refugees in particular.

We want to launch a platform, Ligtelstein, to support refugees.

This platform is Arabic, but only for Dutch speakers,

to highlight successful and outstanding refugees.

My brother, my sister, whatever your religion, sect, or nationality,

whether you are a state employee, working in hospitals,

or you have a Dutch neighbor who is a good neighbor,

and, my brother, let us know. Also, regarding students, if you have

a Dutch classmate with whom you get along well,

let us know too, and we will come, my brother, with our cameras.

Some of them might agree to appear on social media

to talk about the good they saw from you as a refugee, neighbor, or classmate,

even if the student is young or old, whatever the case may be,

but on the condition that it is in Dutch, because we want to target the Dutch.

The Dutch [hostile] public is a very small group, because we are seeing the majority...

I swear, there is so much support for refugees, with so many people protesting in support of refugees.

God has blessed us, as the Dutch are among the kindest European people.

With all due respect to all countries of the world, this is the Dutch people.

So, my brother and sister, our goal is for you to go out and explain to the Dutch

that we, my brother, care about your country just as much as you do,

and we want what is best for it, just as we want what is best for ourselves, and we do not want to cause harm.

So, on what basis do we come here, for instance, to work hard, integrate, and pay taxes

just like the Dutch? Today, in the age of social media, your job won't help you,

and your shyness won't yield results if you don't go out and speak the language of the people you live among.

The Dutch are kind, respectful, and friendly. I swear to God, you can influence them with your morals.

You can influence them with your story, my brother. Tell them that you came from thousands of miles away,

despite the suffering, the difficulty of the language, and everything you faced.

You were able to establish yourself in Dutch society, integrate, and get a job,

What you have to offer, maybe others who have been here for a hundred years aren't offering,

and even those born in this country aren't offering.

So why are you undermining yourselves, my brother and sister?

Step up, today we need you, you who work in all state institutions.

Do not underestimate your abilities, and do not underestimate social media today.

You see, social media, I swear, is playing us like a game.

I swear to God, if we don't work on this basis, the day will come when we end up like Turkey,

all because of social media, and how much it spreads, fakes, and fabricates news about us.

Its goal is clear; they are targeting us day and night, may God not bless them.

And this platform, called Vluchtelingenstem, the Voice of Refugees in the Netherlands,

will not be affiliated with any organization, any country, or any other nonsense; it is neutral.

And we don't want financial support; not a single cent has been taken from anyone.

Why? So that tomorrow no one holds a favor over us or lectures us.

And even I might not appear in it at all. There will be a team, and if there are volunteers,

and if there are people who want to work from the bottom of their hearts to benefit their people,

they can contact me. I welcome you, all your hands and all your ideas.

And if there are volunteer photographers who can also support me, I would be indebted to you.

And also if there are producers, that's all I want.

So let's make, my brother, just a platform for us as refugees in general.

Man, whether you are Sudanese, Somali, Yemeni, Kurdish, or Arab,

whatever you are, my brother, don't think, 'You are naturalized and I am naturalized...'

we will be finished in the coming days if we don't put an end to this bad wave

that is coming at us on social media.

Or let me shock you with something: we did a study on the pages that publish bad things about refugees,

80% of these pages turned out to be run by refugees.

Some of them are naturalized, and some of them haven't gotten citizenship yet.

Look, may God protect you. The rot comes from within.

My brother, by God, we have lived with the Dutch, and we've been here for years.

My brother, by God, we have never seen any evil, harm, malice, or hatred from them.

So you always find that the one who seeks to harm you is, unfortunately, one of your own.

Dutch newspapers are contacting me and translating my videos, and maybe even the Dutch police.

I know, but let me tell you something.

This group of people are the ones who destroyed their own countries,

and they came to you to stir up trouble and ruin this beautiful country, for which we wish nothing but the best,

and to plot against their own countryman.

A person who doesn't wish well for his own countryman, will he wish you well, my dear Dutch friend?

So I hope you will just be careful of this group,

whom even we have disowned.

Why? Because their hearts are black.

Because their hearts are black, full of malice, evil, hatred, and spite.

May God guide you, that would be better.

May God set you right in this world and the hereafter.