i be egyptian . i have a green card . i have be live in the u since 1991. i have a very common arabic name . i be marry ( non american but non egyptian and non arab wife ) . i have child who be bear in the u . i have a phd in cell biology from the u and i travel for conference . i make 6 figure income and i own a home in the washington and dc area . i pay my tax and outside 1 or 2 parking ticket i have no blemish on my record since i come to this country in 1991. i look more egyptian than the ibrahimi character but my spoken english be as good a his . a couple of month ago i be return from a conference or company business in spain through munich germany to washington and dc ( home ) . i be pick up in munich airport by a german officer as soon a i get off the madrid plane . he be wait for me . he be about to start interrogate me until i simply tell him i have no business in germany and i be just pass through . he have let me go with the utmost disappointment . that be nothing compare to what happen at washington and dulles airport ( which be not nearly as bad a what happen to ibrahimi in the movie ) . the custom officer ask me a couple of question about the length and purpose of my trip . he then write a letter c on my custom declaration form and let me go . after i pick up my checked bag i be stop at the last exit point ( some homeland security crap ) . i sit there for 3 hour along with many different people of many different nationality . i be not tell the reason for my detainment . i be not allow to use my phone or any other phone . i be feisty at first ask to be tell of the reason or let me go but decide to suck it up and just wait and see . i ask if i can call my wife to tell her that i be go to be late but be tell no . when i try to use my phone and as soon a my wife say hello and an officer yank the phone out of hand and threaten me to confiscate it . when i ask about need to call home because my family be wait and they say three hour be nothing and we will make contact after 5 hour . when i ask to use the bathroom and an officer accompany me there . it toilet be funny while i guess it be a prison style toilet that be all metal with no toilet seat . finally and they call my name and give me my passport or green card and say you can go . i ask what the problem be and they say nothing . i know it be only 3 hour but i be dead tired and want to go home to see my wife and kid . a for the movie and it be very well make . unlike most movie that involve arab and use non arab actor who just speak gibberish and this movie the arabic be 100 % correct . i assume the country be morocco ( north africa ) .