When I flew into Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 28th, I thought the four-hour “security check” was uncalled for. I tried to justify the ordeal as a blatant profiling of a potential terrorist attacker because I was of Middle Eastern descent. This did not discount the fact that they detained any [...]
December 18, 2007
Categories: Trip To Israel . Tags: airport security, arab, ben gurion, bomb detection, discrimination, Egypitan, harrasment, Israel, middle eastern, Muslim, Palestine, profiling, Sherif Hedayat, tel aviv, terrorism . Author: Sherif Hedayat . Comments: 1 Comment
As I sit here on the patio at my hotel in Jerusalem, I reflect on my trip from Dayton, Ohio to Tel Aviv, Israel yesterday. Sometimes one doesn’t realize the complexities of the world until they leave the comfort of their home. We see the stories of conflict in Israel and Palestine on television all [...]
December 3, 2007
Categories: Trip To Israel . . Author: Sherif Hedayat . Comments: Leave a Comment