Tel Aviv passport control. Sent to secondary inspection. Secondary inspection: the guy at passport control said you look suspicious, why do you look suspicious?
Couldn’t come up with anything better than “I would disagree that I look suspicious”
My UAE phone carrier just messaged: “Happy traveling in Palestine”
“What were you doing in Afghanistan on August 15?”
“I am a writer. I wrote about it”
“Can I see your journalist card”
“I am not that kind of writer. I write more generally” (starting to sweat profusely)
“I am a writer. I wrote about it”
“Can I see your journalist card”
“I am not that kind of writer. I write more generally” (starting to sweat profusely)
“You will notice, sir, if only you consult a calendar, that I was in Afghanistan when the country was under the rule of Johns Hopkins professor Ashraf Ghani and under the protective guardianship of the most benevolent United States.”
“I can show you my books”
“It is not necessary”
“It is not necessary”
“You are free to go. Welcome to Israel”
“Can we go back to why I look suspicious”
“Let it go, man, let it go”
“Can we go back to why I look suspicious”
“Let it go, man, let it go”
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