A culture divide

"In Arab culture, throwing shoes at someone, or sitting so that the bottom of a shoe faces another person, is considered an insult."

Thanks CNN. It is a good thing you specified that you were referring to Arab culture, because no one in any other culture would consider having a shoe thrown at them an insult. Here, it is a gift, as in "please, take my shoe and no, you don't need to come over, I will throw it to you". Arab culture is so different than ours... can we ever understand each other?