[wvns] AL-ARIANS HEADING HOME TO EGYPT
AL-ARIAN KIN HEADING HOME TO EGYPT
United Press International
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/06/20/alarian_kin_heading_home_to_egypt/8469/
The family of Sami Al-Arian, a former Florida university professor
convicted of supporting the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is moving to Egypt.
Ahmed Bedier, spokesman for Tampa's chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, told The Tampa Tribune he believes Nahla
Al-Arian is leaving now so her two youngest children can get a fresh
start on a new school year.
Bedier also said he thinks it will be easier for Nahla to support the
family in Egypt while her husband is serving time in federal prison
here in the United States.
Acquitted on eight of the 17 charges against him, Sami pleaded guilty
last year to conspiracy to aid the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a group
the U.S. government has deemed a terrorist organization.
The Palestinian computer engineer also was sentenced for a contempt
violation for refusing to testify in front of a Virginia grand jury
investigating Islamic charities.
Sami, who was born in Kuwait and raised in Egypt, is to be deported
after being released from prison.
The Al-Arian family was the focus of "USA vs Al-Arian," a documentary
by Norwegian director Line Halvorsen recently shown in Tampa.
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