Saudi Man Offers $10 Million For Pair of Shoes Thrown at Bush

That’s a lot of Arab Money for some shoes, but I understand the symbology of it is priceless

via Gulf News

An ordinary shoe worn by an Iraqi journalist turned into a memento of pride worth millions of dollars, according to a report carried by Al Arabiya net.

A Saudi man offered $10 million (Dh36.7 million) to buy the famous shoes of Iraqi journalist Muntadar Al Zaidi.

Sixty-year-old Hassan Mohammad Makhafa, from Aseer, south west of Saudi Arabia, said he is ready to sell all his properties to buy Al Zaidi’s shoes, which he described as a “medal of freedom” to put them on offer at a public auction.

Dignitaries of the Saudi man’s tribe expressed their solidarity with Makhafa and their willingness to share with him the price of the shoes.

“The $10 million is ready with me and I will handover this amount for Al Zaidi’s shoes which are more expensive than all my properties to be given to my sons,” Makhafa said.

He said that he believes the shoes – a symbol of freedom – will be kept in a place that would be turned into a shrine in the name of the “medal of freedom”.