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Syrians put the boot into Assad’s propaganda

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In Arab cultures, shoes can be used as an insult as they touch dirt and are put on the foot, the lowest part of the body.

Politicians in Arab countries have often found themselves on the wrong end of a flying shoe.

In 2013 , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , the former Iranian president, was greeted by a group of men hurling shoes at him.