Melvindale man detained in Saudi Arabia for a month arrives home Thursday

A Melvindale man is finally on his way home after spending a month in a Saudi Arabian prison. 63-year-old Mohamad Salem was arrested last month at a Saudi Arabian airport. Salem and his sons were in Saudi Arabia on a religious pilgrimage. Now, he's making his way back home to Detroit thanks to help from the U.S. government. “It took them a month to determine he was not a threat, but eventually, they did and now he is back on American soil, and we couldn't be any happier," Salem's attorney Abdallah Moughni said.