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>> WHEN YOU WERE BEHIND BARS,
WERE YOU SCARED?
IS IT SAFE TO SAY?
>> I WAS TOO NUMB TO BE SCARED.
WHEN I FOUND OUT THE MEDIA HAD
PICKED UP MY STORY, ESPECIALLY
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE FUNNY OR
DIE VIDEO, I SUDDENLY FELT SAFE
AND PROTECTED IN A WAY.
THE FEAR EVENTUALLY DITS
PATED -- DISSIPATED AND GAVE
LIGHT TO MORE HOPEFUL FEELINGS.
>> HELPED YOU HOLD ON A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
>> YES.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT VIDEO.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT STARTED
THIS WHOLE THING.
WHY DID YOU MAKE THE VIDEO?
>> I GREW UP IN DUBAI.
I KNOW THE CITY VERY WELL.
I KNOW WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN DO.
IT'S A VERY MULTI-CULTURAL
PLACE.
IT'S THAT MIX OF CULTURES MIX
AND A VERY CHARMING PLACE TO
LIVE.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUNNY THINGS
THAT HAPPEN THAT ONLY PEOPLE
LIVING IN DUBAI WOULD KNOW
ABOUT.
IN DUBAI, WE IMPORT EVERYTHING.
SO MUCH FUNNY STUFF HAPPENING IN
DUBAI, WHY DON'T WE DO OUR OWN
ENTERTAINMENT.
IT'S FULL OF INSIDE JOKES.
THAT'S THE THING.
>> I READ THAT OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE
WATCHED IT HERE.
I DON'T GET IT IS WHAT I HEARD.
>> ONLY PEOPLE IN DUBAI WOULD
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE INSIDE
JOKES.
BUT ANYBODY OUTSIDE OF IT WOULD
AT LEAST UNDERSTAND THE INTENT
IS HUMOROUS.
SO REALLY, WE MADE THE VIDEO TO
KIND OF CELEBRATE THE CULTURE,
THE DIVERSITY IN THE UAE AND I
WAS TRYING TO SHOW HOW MUCH I
LOVE THE CITY.
BUT I -- I GUESS CELEBRATING THE
FUNNY STUFF THAT HAPPENS THERE.
>> AND THEN YOU'RE ARRESTED AND
INTEAR GATED AND PUT BEHIND
BARS.
DID YOU EVER THINK IN THE MAKING
OF THE VIDEO OR WHEN YOU POSTED
IT ONLINE THAT YOU WERE BREAKING
A LAW?
>> NO.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
THE FIRST VIDEO OF ITS KIND AND
THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS
TREMENDOUS.
THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO