Mehran Karimi Nasseri was an Iranian exile who spent over twenty years living at Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport. Director Steven Spielberg was motivated by his unconventional existence and used this bureaucratic nightmare to create 'The Terminal', a 2004 movie starring tom Hanks.
All Mehran Karimi Nasseri
Nasseri was born in Masjid-i-Sulaiman, iran, in 1945, yet his past is still tainted by war. He provided varying descriptions of his family history in a 2003 profile in the New York Times Magazine. He had a happy upbringing in Tehran before experiencing turmoil in his early adulthood, according to a 2004 Guardian article. Nasseri said his family rejected him after they found out he was illegitimate. Later, he studied Yugoslav economics in England. In the 1970s, he went back to iran and took part in a Tehran university student protest.
According to The Guardian, he said he was exiled and imprisoned for resisting the Shah, but no proof was produced to back up his claims. After belgium granted him refugee status in 1981, he traveled throughout europe for years. He claimed, however, that his identity documents were taken in paris in the late 1980s. He was ordered back to Charles de Gaulle airport by british police when he tried to enter the UK, leaving him stranded. read More Nasseri resided in Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal One from 1988 to 2006. He stayed in legal limbo since no other nation would take him in, and france would not allow him entry.
Airport workers were accustomed to his presence and gave him the nickname "Sir Alfred" because of a british immigration mistake. He ate McDonald's food, read newspapers, and kept a journal during the day. "The airport is not bad," Nasseri said in 1999 when speaking to The New York Times. "It is very active and functions every day." He eventually gained international attention. His life was the subject of documentaries, and in 2003, Spielberg acquired the rights to his narrative.
Although his circumstances were depicted roughly in The Terminal, Nasseri, in contrast to tom Hanks' portrayal, did not appear particularly eager to depart. Getting Out of Charles de Gaulle and Coming Back French authorities granted him legitimate identity documents in 1999, but he turned them down since they called him Iranian instead of "Sir Alfred." He had "fossilized" at his bench, according to an airport doctor, who was afraid he wouldn't be able to adapt to life outdoors. Nasseri's eighteen-year tenure at the airport came to an end in 2006 when he was admitted to the hospital due to sickness. Later, he lived at a hostel using funds from Spielberg's arrangement.
But he went back to Charles de Gaulle in his latter days. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F on november 12, 2022. airport authorities confirmed his extended stay after his death and said, "We would have preferred that he find a real shelter, as he was suffering from psychological problems."
All Mehran Karimi Nasseri
Nasseri was born in Masjid-i-Sulaiman, iran, in 1945, yet his past is still tainted by war. He provided varying descriptions of his family history in a 2003 profile in the New York Times Magazine. He had a happy upbringing in Tehran before experiencing turmoil in his early adulthood, according to a 2004 Guardian article. Nasseri said his family rejected him after they found out he was illegitimate. Later, he studied Yugoslav economics in England. In the 1970s, he went back to iran and took part in a Tehran university student protest.
According to The Guardian, he said he was exiled and imprisoned for resisting the Shah, but no proof was produced to back up his claims. After belgium granted him refugee status in 1981, he traveled throughout europe for years. He claimed, however, that his identity documents were taken in paris in the late 1980s. He was ordered back to Charles de Gaulle airport by british police when he tried to enter the UK, leaving him stranded. read More Nasseri resided in Charles de Gaulle Airport's Terminal One from 1988 to 2006. He stayed in legal limbo since no other nation would take him in, and france would not allow him entry.
Airport workers were accustomed to his presence and gave him the nickname "Sir Alfred" because of a british immigration mistake. He ate McDonald's food, read newspapers, and kept a journal during the day. "The airport is not bad," Nasseri said in 1999 when speaking to The New York Times. "It is very active and functions every day." He eventually gained international attention. His life was the subject of documentaries, and in 2003, Spielberg acquired the rights to his narrative.
Although his circumstances were depicted roughly in The Terminal, Nasseri, in contrast to tom Hanks' portrayal, did not appear particularly eager to depart. Getting Out of Charles de Gaulle and Coming Back French authorities granted him legitimate identity documents in 1999, but he turned them down since they called him Iranian instead of "Sir Alfred." He had "fossilized" at his bench, according to an airport doctor, who was afraid he wouldn't be able to adapt to life outdoors. Nasseri's eighteen-year tenure at the airport came to an end in 2006 when he was admitted to the hospital due to sickness. Later, he lived at a hostel using funds from Spielberg's arrangement.
But he went back to Charles de Gaulle in his latter days. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died of a heart attack in Terminal 2F on november 12, 2022. airport authorities confirmed his extended stay after his death and said, "We would have preferred that he find a real shelter, as he was suffering from psychological problems."
click and follow Indiaherald WhatsApp channel