Sh!t TSA Says

While on board an EasyJet flight, siblings Sakina (24), Ali (21) and Maryam (19) found themselves being escorted off the plane an interrogated by the MI5 for an hour. Speaking to AL Jazeera, Sakina, the eldest was told by the MI5 agent that “A passenger on your flight has claimed that you three are members of…

It had to be me. Of course I was randomly selected. I mean, it’s not like I’m a brown, Muslim girl wearing a headscarf or have a second nationality which happens to be Afghan (insert sarcasm here.) Please don’t get me wrong, it’s not like I’m not used to this — trust me, I’ve been…

Islamophobia is undoubtedly on the rise, and the stories of of Khairuldeen Mahkzoomi and the Shebley family demonstrate just how rampant it has become, particularly in U.S. airports. In both cases, the people targeted were asked to leave the plane for “security reasons,” which just might have something to do with Islamophobic notions of speaking…

This past December, my mother’s sister died. I hastily flew out to St. Paul Minnesota, just five days before I was supposed to depart from San Jose for Arizona to visit my grandfather in the tiny town of Show Low. I took five flights in almost as many days, and every single time, I went…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. I travel a lot. I’m usually never home more than two or three weeks at a time — or whatever schedule the film I’m working on requires. You would think at this point I was…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. I was on my way from Detroit, Mich. to Washington D.C. with my dad and cousin. I had just put my hijab on that year so it was my first time going through airport security…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. Nada Awwad During the summer of 2014, I was traveling from Montreal — where I had spent five weeks in a French immersion program — to Amman, Jordan, where I would be crossing the border…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. Having done some heavy travel both domestically and internationally, it’s clear that with each new adventure there is a unique experience to accompany it at the airport. Over the years, it can be a headache…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. Mike B. I’m a Swiss-Lebanese hybrid of a Swiss mother and a Lebanese father (both Christian) and I work as a photographer. Over the years, I’ve had some exceptionally shitty TSA comments made that I’ve…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. I remember before Sept. 11, traveling was somewhat enjoyable. Your shoes stayed on, you could walk through security with your water bottle and your luggage’s weight limit was 70 pounds, not 50 pounds like nowadays….

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. TSA said to me: “You’re wearing a headscarf so I just have to scan your hands for chemicals.” That same day when I was waiting in line, a TSA agent made no conversation with anyone…

#ShitTSASays chronicles the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s ludicrous mistreatment and profiling of Muslims while flying. Send your story to editorial@muslim-girl-2021-production.mystagingwebsite.com. I flew out to Atlanta to attend a Model United Nations conference with 20 other classmates in late November. Yep, 20 of us 20-year-old college students at an airport sounds pretty chaotic — but we…