U.S. Customs at JFK Destroys Eleven Instruments Owned by Flute Virtuoso

December 31st, 2013

Via: Arts Journal:

A few minutes ago, we reached the flute virtuoso Boujemaa Razgui by phone to discuss the assault on his instruments by US Customs at JFK airport.

A Canadian citizen, based in New York and with a green card employment permit, Bouzemaa was flying home from Marrakech, Morocco, when his baggage was opened by Customs at JFK.

‘I told them I had these instruments for many years and flew with them in and out,’ he said. ‘There were 11 instruments in all. They told me they were agricultural products and they had to be destroyed. There was nothing I could do. The ney flute can be made with bamboo. Is that agricultural?’

Research Credit: ottilie

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2 Responses to “U.S. Customs at JFK Destroys Eleven Instruments Owned by Flute Virtuoso”

  1. steve holmes says:
    December 31, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    I’m gonna go be a perv and watch those idiots confiscate cotton clothing.

  2. Dennis says:
    January 1, 2014 at 4:19 am

    Bamboo, cotton, wood, paper, snack foods.

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