Maryam was arrested at the airport in late August, as she tried to enter Bahrain to meet her father a prominent human rights activist who has been behind bars since April 2011. 
Maryam alikamatwa kwenye uwanja wa ndege mwishoni mwa mwezi Agosti, alipojaribu kuingia nchini Bahrain kukutana na baba wa mwanaharakati wa haki za binadamu alikuwa amefungwa tangu mwezi Aprili 2011.