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Muntadhar al-Zaidi

1979 - Today

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Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: منتظر الزيدي, romanized: Muntaẓar az-Zaydī; born 15 January 1979) is an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned, Egypt-based Al-Baghdadia TV. As of February 2011, al-Zaidi worked with a Lebanese TV channel. On 16 November 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States Armed Forces. On 14 December 2008, al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference while shouting, "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog." Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and some sources said that he was tortured during his initial detention. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2024). Muntadhar al-Zaidi is the 127th most popular journalist (down from 124th in 2024), the 341st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 342nd in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 127 out of 196. Before him are Catherine Leroy, Sara Carbonero, Margarita Simonyan, Bogna Koreng, Peter Travers, and Sydney Schanberg. After him are Dorothy Thompson, Louis Fischer, Megyn Kelly, Greg Burke, Vicky Ntetema, and Sofía Ímber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 254. Before him are François Sagat, Hedo Türkoğlu, Dani Aranzubia, Engin Altan Düzyatan, B. J. Novak, and Freema Agyeman. After him are Hiromi Uehara, Mohamed Kallon, Jaime King, Lamar Odom, Satoshi Sato, and Julien Escudé.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 341 out of 384. Before him are Beatrice Ohanessian (1927), Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi (1954), Selim Bayraktar (1975), Ahmed Al Safi (1971), Jafar Salmasi (1918), and Raad Hammoudi (1953). After him are Ahmed Radhi (1964), Abu Azrael (1978), Charles Saatchi (1943), Sadeq Larijani (1961), Muhsin al-Ramli (1967), and Huner Saleem (1964).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Iraq

Among journalists born in Iraq, Muntadhar al-Zaidi ranks 1. After him are Nareen Shammo (null).

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