And you thought Manolos were pricey
How about ten million per shoe?
Wealthy Saudi Hasan Muhammad Makhafa has offered 10 million dollars for one of the shoes thrown by an Iraqi TV journalist at outgoing US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday. Many in the Arab world have hailed the journalist, Montazer al-Zaidi, as a hero and rallies took place in Iraq on Monday calling for his release from custody.
Makhafa told Dubai-based Arabic satellite TV station Al-Arabiya that al-Zaidi’s shoes were “a symbol of freedom not just footwear.”
“They represent a victory for those who have disgraced the Arabs by occupying their lands and killing innocent people,” he said. “For me, one of those shoes has more value than my lands and property. I want to bequest it to my children,” said Makhafa.
Makhafa, who is also an elementary school teacher from the southern Saudi province of Asir, said he has received offers of further cash from fellow tribesmen and other Saudi citizens, should he need it.
Um, Teach, the word is “bequeath.” And American educators are rolling their eyes even now: guy teaches grade school, has millions in discretionary income. Time to fire up Travelocity and price trips to the Middle East.
(From Gates of Vienna via Fausta.)
Kay Dennison »
17 December 2008 · 4:55 pm
I, frankly, found the shoe-throwing incident a message to get the hell out of Iraq. We have wasted too many lives and too much time and money over there.
Dan B »
18 December 2008 · 9:42 pm
Given that the vast majority of elementary education teachers are women, I don’t expect to see them lining up to go to Saudi just to wear burquas and be some man’s plaything. Then again, several of them were sorority chicks looking for an M-R-S degree, and snagged an oil prince would certainly be something brag about at the house reunions.