Flying Shoes and Humus and Grilled Sheep Eggs: Who Said the Middle East is not Creative?...........
“Little has been heard out of Muntadhar al-Zeidi since he left Iraq and started a charity in Switzerland last year. But his odd moment in the spotlight has, to the chagrin of world leaders and their bodyguards, left behind an enduring legacy. Throwing shoes at the mighty has become a global phenomenon that shows no sign of fading away. Since that infamous Baghdad press conference on Dec. 14, 2008, shoes have flown at the prime ministers of China and Turkey, the chief justice of Israel's Supreme Court, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, a Ukrainian politician who favored joining NATO, and a string of Indian politicians. Just this month, shoes flew at Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and the top elected official in Indian-controlled Kashmir………”
This Muntadhar should have registered the “shoe-throwing-at-politicians” as his own trademark. Now it is too late. At least the world knows something new that the Arabs have made popular around the world, besides humus and falafel and grilled sheep balls (they are Arabic, not Israeli, and the sheep balls are called "sheep eggs" in Arabic).
Flying shoes may eventually become as popular as the Uzi and Hip-Hop and the iPhone (somehow I doubt that grilled sheep's balls will catch on elsewhere)…..
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