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Nuseir Yassin
NUSEIR YASSIN (Nas Daily).jpg
Yassin in 2018
Born (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 (age 29)
Arraba, Israel
Other namesNas
CitizenshipIsrael, Saint Kitts and Nevis[1][unreliable source?]
Alma materHarvard University
OccupationVideo blogger
Years active2013–present
Partner(s)Alyne Tamir (2017–present)[2][3]

Nuseir Yassin (Arabic: نصير ياسين‎, Hebrew: נוסייר יאסין‎; born (1992-02-09)9 February 1992) is an Israeli-born Arab vlogger who is most notable for creating 1,000 daily one-minute-long videos on Facebook under the page Nas Daily.

Biography

Early life and career

Yassin was born in Arraba, Israel, to an Arab Muslim family of Palestinian descent.[4] As a Palestinian Arab with Israeli citizenship, Yassin describes himself as a "Palestinian Israeli".[5] He is the second of four children; his mother is a teacher and his father is a psychologist.[4][6] Yassin's native language is Palestinian Arabic; he also speaks English and non-fluent Hebrew.[7][8] Although he was raised as a Muslim, he has since largely stopped practicing Islam and has declared himself as a "non-religious Muslim".[9]

Yassin applied to Harvard University in the United States at the age of 19, seeking a degree in aerospace engineering, and received a scholarship.[6] His application essay detailed his struggle to achieve his dreams as an ethnic Arab born in Israel.[4][10] He graduated with a degree in economics in 2014 and a minor in computer science.[6][7] While earning his degree, Yassin co-founded a pay-it-forward registration service, and a social media search engine.[11]

In September 2014, he started working as a software developer for Venmo, a mobile payment service owned by PayPal, in New York.[12][13]

Nas Daily Facebook page

In 2016, Yassin quit his job at Venmo and decided to explore the world,[12][6] with the intention of documenting his travels and experiences on video.[13] This resulted in his creating of a Facebook page known as Nas Daily (Arabic: الناس‎, romanized: Al-Nās, lit. 'People'), where he would create and release a one-minute-long video daily for 1,000 days.[6] After meeting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in early 2018, Nas Daily was upgraded to "show" status,[14] and by September 2018, his page had amassed over 8 million followers.[15] By November of the same year, this number had risen to over 10 million.[16]

All of Yassin's one-minute daily videos are posted to Facebook. Yassin stated in 2017 that he does not post the videos to YouTube for a multitude of reasons, including his friends not being present on the platform.[13]

Nas Daily Official YouTube channel

In 2019, he started to upload old videos of his on his official YouTube channel Nas Daily Official. The videos are shot using an SLR camera with an attached microphone, and are then edited before being released the next day.[14] On average, each video takes around six hours to shoot and three hours to edit.[4] In the beginning, the topics for Yassin's video were suggestions provided by his Facebook followers.[15] Each video ended with the tagline: "That’s one minute, see you tomorrow!"[14]

Yassin's collaborators include his girlfriend Alyne Tamir, an American Israeli video-maker of Mormon and Jewish background,[17] and Agon Hare, a video blogger and musician from Poland.[18]

Due to the popularity of the videos with non-English speaking audiences, subtitles are provided in various languages, such as Hindi, Chinese and Arabic.[19]

After Nas Daily

Yassin finished the 1000 daily video journey on 5 January 2019, ending the last video with the tagline: "That’s one minute, see you soon." On 1 February 2019, he started making one video per week, for a planned 100 weeks until the beginning of 2021.[needs update]

He previously lived in Singapore, but currently resides in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1] His memoir, Around the World in 60 Seconds: The Nas Daily Journey, was released on 5 November 2019.[20]

In 2020, Yassin created Nas Academy, a school for video creators and Nas Studios, a video-production studio.[21] He also released a series of podcasts.[22]

In 2021, Nas Academy removed an educational course by tattoo artist Whang-Od from its platform,[23] after the artist's grandniece said Whang-Od had never made any agreement with Nas Academy.[24][25] In response Yassin posted a video in social media which showed Whang-od affixing her thumbprint to a document as proof of the tattoo artist's consent. The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) noted that posting a contract in social media does not equate to proof of compliance. The NCIP has launched a review and onsite validation and interview to determine the validity of the contract and whether there was informed consent.[26]

References

  1. ^ لماذا غيرت جواز سفري Nas Daily, retrieved 31 August 2021
  2. ^ Yassin, Nuseir (27 June 2017). "WE ARE DATING". Facebook. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ Marin, Kate (17 July 2020). "Everything about Nas Daily and his girlfriend Alyne". TheNetline. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Steinberg, Jessica (4 March 2017). "For Israeli Arab one-minute video blogger, time is of the essence". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Nas Daily is from ISRAEL OR PALESTINE?!". Nas Daily - Facebook. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e Perper, Rosie (30 May 2018). "An Israeli-Palestinian Harvard graduate quit his job to travel the world — and is now one of the most successful creators on Facebook". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b Baker, Luke (3 March 2017). "Palestinian-Israeli covers the world in viral one-minute videos". Reuters. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Nas Daily". www.facebook.com.
  9. ^ Baker, Luke (5 January 2019). "Your daily dose of Nas Daily is flying away". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  10. ^ Jaffe-Hoffman, Maayan (26 June 2019). "Nas Daily's evaluation of the Start-up Nation". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  11. ^ Szaniszlo, Marie (4 March 2012). "'Pay It Forward' inspires Kindify site". Boston Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  12. ^ a b Logan, Nick (5 August 2018). "Nuseir Yassin quit his job, started Nas Daily and brought the world to your Facebook newsfeed". Globalnews.ca. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  13. ^ a b c Mercado, Darla (12 April 2017). "Facebook video star refuses to cash in via YouTube". CNBC. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  14. ^ a b c Ferrante, Malcolm Scerri (6 May 2018). "Life with the Nas Daily crew". Times of Malta. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  15. ^ a b McCarthy, Simone (25 September 2018). "I'm scared of China, says Nas Daily vlogger who thinks Singapore is 'almost perfect'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  16. ^ Steinberg, Jessica (8 November 2018). "Vlogger Nas Daily returns home, and everyone wants a piece of him". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  17. ^ timgoh (17 April 2019). "Nas Daily arrives in Singapore to set up home and company". The Straits Times. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  18. ^ Jamora-Garceau, Therese. "Is there more love in the Philippines? Nas Daily says yes". philstar.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  19. ^ "Popular vlogger Nuseir Yassin starts 'Nas Daily Hindi' for Indian audience". The News Mill. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Just the Messenger: PW Talks with Nuseir Yassin". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  21. ^ https://www.nasdaily.com/. Retrieved 28 September 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ^ "EP 1: The Hidden Story of Nas Daily - Nas Talks". Spotify. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  23. ^ Staff, ANCX. "Nas Daily removes pay-to-view Whang-Od tattoo tutorial after complaint from artist's grandniece". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  24. ^ "Nas Academy takes down Whang-Od course after grandniece calls it a scam". Rappler. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  25. ^ Llemit, Kathleen A. "Nas Daily under fire for including Apo Whang Od in Nas Academy". Philstar.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  26. ^ "Whang-Od's alleged contract with Nas Academy to be reviewed". ABS-CBN News. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

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