Elahi

Migration Addicts

52nd Venice Biennale - Collateral Event

　　Dates: 6th-15th June, 2007

　　Venues: various public spaces in Venice

　　Tracking Transience

　　From June to November of 2002, I had been the subject of an FBI investigation as a terrorist suspect. I was reported to the police as "an Arab that had explosives who fled on September 12th." As I returned to the US on June 19, I was met at the airport by a FBI agent who rigorously interrogated me on my whereabouts and activities. I spent the next six months frequently meeting FBI agents justifying each and every move that I made around 9/11. After repeated questionings and nine polygraphs, I was eventually cleared and to the relief of friends and family, I am officially no longer considered a terrorist threat.