Officer 1 said: "You need to take off your shirt -- it says globalise the in-fri-ta-duh."
When asked what the term means, Officer 1 shrugged. Presumably not an egg-based brunch dish.
Officer 2 chimed in: "It's a violent uprising."
Earlier this year, I was arrested on the premise that my t-shirt, which read “Globalise the Intifada” was capable of “inciting hatred”.
So what does the word intifada actually mean?
The Arabic term directly translates to the verb ‘shaking off’. In popular culture, it is used mainly in political contexts, where it colloquially implies a specific action: shaking off the chains of oppression.