About

Another Beautiful Iraqi Transformation or Iraqi Hair Styles refers to a series of videos posted by TikTok creator Ibrahimiraqiii in which he performs a beauty makeover on Iraqi teens by straightening their hair, waxing their beards and cleaning their faces. The content has gone viral on TikTok in June 2022, sparking parodies and memes about the catchphrase used in every video posted by @Ibrahimiraqiii.

Origin

Ibrahimiraqiii is an Iraqi content creator who started posting videos on TikTok^[1] in early 2022. At first, his content on the platform was random memes about Middle East and Arabic culture. His first hair makeover content was posted on June 6th, 2022, showing a bearded man with the overlay text "Another beautiful Iraqi transformation." The post (shown below) amassed over 186,000 plays and 8,600 likes in two years.

Spread

The accelerated Arabic music playing in @Ibrahimiraqiii's video became a recognizable part of "Another beautiful Iraqi transformation" videos, which sparked parodies and memes on TikTok. For example, on March 9th, 2024, TIkTok^[2] user @flowersinnarnia posted a POV video captioned "going to the wrong barber in Iraq" as the Ibrahimiraqiii's song starts to play in the background. The post amassed over 1 million plays and 151,000 likes in a week. (shown below, left)

On March 10th, 2024, TikTok^[3] user @luzpilled posted a montage of Vince McMahon watching the "Another beautiful Iraqi transformation" videos paired with the caption "When you go to the barbershop and hear this banger:" The post (shown below, right) received more than 518,000 plays and 74,000 likes in five days.

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