According to Reuters, an Egyptian man offered his daughter to wed the reporter that threw his shoe at President Bush. This is a classic example of how no matter what we(Westerners) do, we'll never understand and/or relate to their culture. Let's recreate that scenario in America. There is no way a man in the US would be admired for throwing a shoe at the Presient. It's a shoe. No C4, no sharp edge, just a shoe. We have Mac-10's and grenades in elementary schools. We have liqour stores next to pawn shops with automatic weapons. This guy would get his lunch money taken and his ass beaten on the playground. He would be the laughing stock of all radical protesters in America. PETA would be gangsta compared to this guy. Not in Egypt or Iraq, though; instead, he's a hero, worthy of "giving" your daughter to marry. Wow. Further evidence, this is a war we can never win.
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian man said on Wednesday 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 honor me. I would like to live in Iraq, especially if I were attached to this hero," she told Reuters by telephone.
Her father, Saad Gumaa, said he had called Dergham, Zaidi's brother, to tell him of the offer. "I find nothing more valuable than my daughter to offer to him, and I am prepared to provide her with everything needed for marriage," he added.
Zaidi's gesture has struck a chord across the Arab world, where President Bush is widely despised for invading Iraq in 2003 and for his support for Israel.
Amal is a student in the media faculty at Minya University in central Egypt.
Zaidi's response to the proposal was not immediately clear.
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