Travelling While Arab
If you want to hear what happens at the border to some people because of their #name #place of birth #religion or #online #socialmedia profile, you might appreciate this podcast by Tamer Gargour on a new series dedicated to #Travelling while #Arab. Don't assume for a moment, that Gargour is speaking just about Arab #Muslims because he's not. If you are one of the estimated 422 million Arabs in the world today, you may well be subject to some or all of this at one time in your life. Having analysed much of this #risk #assessment at the #border, with just one of my articles fetching 586,560 reads (https://theconversation.com/travelling-overseas-what-to-do-if-a-border-agent-demands-access-to-your-digital-device-104314) please listen to this podcast. You will hear firsthand from someone whose been detailed, and you will hear the expert commentary of Gargour himself. Ask yourself, what if that person detained was you? How would that make you feel? What if your kids were travelling with you? How would you explain it to them? What if someone asked you to unlock your #smartphone and then proceeded to interrogate you about the prayers on your #phone? What kinds of #algorithms are stopping people from being treated with #respect and #dignity?
Citation: Mohammed Nasr and Katina Michael with Tamer Gargour, 28 August 2020, “Detained”, Travelling while Arab, https://travellingwhilearab.net/episodes/episode-two-detained