Comments on: Monolinguals on the move – multilinguals stuck in detention https://languageonthemove.com/monolinguals-on-the-move-multilinguals-stuck-in-detention/ Multilingualism, Intercultural communication, Consumerism, Globalization, Gender & Identity, Migration & Social Justice, Language & Tourism Sun, 02 Jun 2019 05:30:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Vahid https://languageonthemove.com/monolinguals-on-the-move-multilinguals-stuck-in-detention/#comment-880 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:58:55 +0000 http://www.languageonthemove.com/blog/?p=504#comment-880 A friend of mine was also detained at an airport in the US about two years ago for a couple of hours apparently because he had an arabic Allah engarved on his necklace!!!

Perhaps “the Free” in “the Land of the Free” refers to the airport police officers who are free to do whatever they like to the poor passengers!!!

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