A significant portion of those arrested were freelance workers, students and writers for alternative publications.
Americans who may travel under a specific license include a broad range of groups like Little League and high school sports teams; those participating in religious activities; freelance journalists; students studying abroad; musicians, dancers and other artists who will be giving public performances; people who want to buy art (which is exempt from the embargo) and others.
Mr. Osman, a freelance journalist and student, was kidnapped last week at the entrance of his college in Erbil.
"Kim Haynes, a K-12 teacher and freelance writer, directs students to make collages that represent concepts, such as a biological life cycle," writes Todd Finley (@finleyt); "Bates Middle School, in Annapolis, teaches velocity and acceleration in 8th grade science by having students reflect on paintings that depict battling ships being fired upon by cannons".
Ty McCormick is a freelance journalist and graduate student at Oxford University, where he is a Clarendon Scholar.
Boston-based M.F.A. student and freelance journalist.
A PhD Student and freelance writer.
Dan Schneider is a freelance journalist and law student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Erin White is a freelance writer and writing student at the Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta.
Christal Phillips is a freelance writer and a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Will Menaker is a grad student and freelance writer who has worked for Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo and RawStory.com.com
