Travel Issues
In the early 1980s he was arrested by Israeli troops while entering Lebanon. In 2006, he was detained in Toronto, Canada, for 16 hours. In January 2008, US immigration officials interrogated Edhi at the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York for over eight hours, and seized his passport and other documents. When asked about the frequent detention, Edhi said "The only explanation I can think of is my beard and my dress." In January 2009, Edhi was refused entry to Gaza by Egyptian authorities.
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