Omar Artan was meant to be the first Somali referee to officiate at a World Cup.
But after landing Saturday in Miami, where the referees’ training base is, he was detained and questioned for 11 hours, he says, before being sent back home.
Omar Artan, 34, was meant to be the first Somali referee to officiate at a World Cup. Instead, he says was questioned for hours about a militant group and then denied entry to the U.S.
