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An in-flight Arabic announcement

Globe and Mail contributor Sheema Khan offers a lesson in Arabic, should non-Arabic speakers hear weird words on an airplane.
A flight attendant stows luggage. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)

A coalition of minority group organizations is asking Southwest Airlines to review its policies regarding passenger threats, according to NBC News.

The coalition cites several incidents where people say they were delayed or removed from flights because they were wearing middle-eastern clothing or speaking Arabic.

In response to those allegations, Globe and Mail contributor Sheema Khan wrote a handy guide to Arabic, for non-speakers to take on the plane.

In this audio piece, with the help of Sheema Khan, we imagined what it would sound like as an in-flight safety announcement.

Click the play button to hear the announcement