Throw shoes at George W. Bush, get offered a wife
20th December 2008
Reported in the December 19th Calgary Sun
CAIRO — An Egyptian man said he was offering his 20-year-old daughter in marriage to Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad on Sunday. The daughter, Amal Saad Gumaa, said she agreed with the idea. “This is something that would honour me. I would like to live in Iraq, especially if I were attached to this hero,” she said.
I’m not sure that this represents a cultural theme or not. Does anyone?