Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was waiting for takeoff on a flight from Los Angeles to Oakland, California, when he decided to give his uncle in Baghdad, Iraq, a quick call.
The 26-year-old University of California, Berkeley student told his uncle he’d just attended a dinner with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. His uncle asked Makhzoomi to call him again when he got to Oakland, and Makhzoomi said “insha’Allah” — “God willing,” in Arabic — he would.
A woman, who had been staring at Makhzoomi as he talked, suddenly stood and walked off the plane. Read more…
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