President Bush ducked twice, avoiding being hit by the shoes. "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq!" he shouted as he threw his second shoe. "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!" yelled al-Zaidi in Arabic as he threw his first shoe towards the U.S. 14 December: During a press conference at the Prime Minister's Palace in Baghdad, Iraq, journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at then United States President George W.7 April: Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the former Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan, was leaving the back door of the Sindh assembly building after taking oath as a newly elected member when he was hit by a shoe thrown by Agha Javed Pathan, a worker from the Pakistan Peoples Party.The thrower shouted 'Marha, marha!' in a "signal of war." Ģ008 Replica of the shoe thrown at George Bush in a New York Museum
Constantius II, Roman Emperor, was giving a speech from a small hill to a group of Limigantes to ask for their loyalty, when he was hit by a shoe thrown by one of them. Matthew Cassel of The Electronic Intifada in the context of the Bush shoeing incident has held the opinion that the Western media overplayed the action's particularly "Arab" character. Shoes are considered unclean in the Arab World. Since the al-Zaidi incident, copycat incidents in Europe, North America, India, China, Iran, Turkey and Australia have been reported.įurther information: Taharah and Islamic hygienical jurisprudence Shoeing received attention after Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at then-President Bush in a 14 December 2008 press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Bush's face have long appeared through the Middle East with shoes attached to them, and some people have called former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice kundara, meaning "shoe". Modern incidents where shoes were thrown at political figures have taken place in Australia, India, Ireland, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and most notably the Arab world. Shoe-throwing as an insult dates back to ancient times, being mentioned in verse 8 of Psalm 60 and the similar verse 9 of Psalm 108 in the Old Testament. Shoe-throwing, or shoeing, showing the sole of one's shoe or using shoes to insult are forms of protest in many parts of the world. 
Bush ducking a thrown shoe while Iraq prime minister Nouri al-Maliki attempts to parry it. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items.
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