'He Got Extremely Hostile': Muslim Cannes Juror Alleges Harassment by Airport Officials
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Amani Al-Khatahtbeh came to Cannes from New York to judge female-empowerment advertising as part of the Glass Lion jury. But she said she spent her first hours in Nice being harassed by airport officials who demanded she remove her headscarf upon entry to the country.
Al-Khatahtbeh, who is Muslim, is the editor and founder of a website called muslimgirl.com whose mission is to correct misconceptions surrounding Islam. She said she has hired a French lawyer and plans to file a lawsuit.
“I went to get my passport stamped and they refused to stamp my passport with my headscarf on,” said Ms. Al-Khatahtbeh, who arrived on Friday at the Nice airport. “I wear a headscarf on my passport photo so there was no security issue or identification reason,” she said, speaking after a press conference in which jury members discussed the Glass Lion award winners.
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