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REPORT: Arabic-speaking student says he was victim of Islamophobia

Nicole Hajal

Author: Nicole Hajal

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19-04-2016 | 13:50

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REPORT: Arabic-speaking student says he was victim of Islamophobia

A college student and Iraqi refugee yanked from a Southwest Airlines flight because a fellow passenger overheard him speaking Arabic during the boarding process.

Khairuldeen Makhzoomi, who arrived in the U.S. in 2010 as an Iraqi refugee, was removed from the April 9 flight from Los Angeles to Oakland, California, after the airline said another Arabic-speaking passenger reported hearing him say something that alarmed her.

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