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Shoe thrower ‘immortalised’

Shoe thrower ‘immortalised’

BAGHDAD – The shoe-hurling last month at then President George W Bush spawned a flood of Web quips, political satire and street rallies across the Arab world.

Now, it’s inspired a work of art. A sofa-sized shoe statue was formally unveiled to the public yesterday in the hometown of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari described his fibreglass-and-copper work in Tikrit as a homage to the pride of the Iraqi people. The statue also has inscribed a poem honouring Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalists who hurled his shoes at Bush during a news conference in Baghdad. Al-Zeidi was charged with assaulting a foreign leader, but the trial was postponed after his lawyer sought to reduce the charges. – Nampa-AP

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