September 2002. Maher Arar, Canadian citizen, engineer and entrepreneur, boarded a plane in Tunisia bound for New York. Pulled aside by Immigration officials at JFK airport, he was questioned, held without access to a lawyer, and ultimately deported to Syria on the suspicion that he had terrorist links. He would remain there, tortured and imprisoned, while his wife Monia worked tirelessly to bring public attention and government action to her husband's plight. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.