In 2006 Raed Jarrar (a US resident) was waiting to board his flight at New York’s JFK airport when he was ordered to remove his shirt since it was making passengers uncomfortable. The t-shirt read “We Will Not Be Silent” in both Arabic and English.
The Transporation Security Authority (TSA) and JetBlue airlines agreeed to settle [...]
Archive for January 6th, 2009
Passenger forced to cover Arabic Script on his shirt gets awarded $240,000
Posted in Airlines, Passengers, Security, Travel Woes, tagged Air Tran, Award, Lawsuit, Off-boarded, Security, T-shirt, We will not be silent on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »












