What’s in a name? A lot if you happen to be Dubai based former journalist Kareem Farid.

Embarking on a trip to Europe should have been a relatively easy task but not when you happen to have the same name as a wanted criminal.

Kareem tweeted about his ordeal in Frankfurt airport

Making his way to Prague via a stopover in Frankfurt, Kareem was stoped and detained by security in a classic case of mistaken identity.

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His phone was confiscated and he was interrogated in the small room he was kept in for his duration at the airport, a total of four hours causing him to miss his connecting flight. 

It was soon realised that Kareem was not the criminal they were looking for, rather a different ‘Karim’ who had committed an offence in Germany.

Kareem finally made his way on to Prague where he can hopefully enjoy the rest of his trip without any more interrogations