Team-mates Juan Gomez, Mike MacDonald and fellow Samoan Fosi Pala'amo have suffered the same problems, with the latter two still waiting to be allowed back into the country.
While Internet safety advocates and tech professionals were meeting at the FOSI and Qitcom events in one part of the city, eight heads of state from the Arab region, government ministers and Arab tech industry leaders were participating in the Connect Arab Summit to talk about expanding technology opportunities in the region.