Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who became internationally famous for throwing his shoes at former President George W. Bush, will be released from prison on September 14. The 30-year-old reporter was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading not guilty to assaulting a foreign leader. An Iraqi court eventually reduced al-Zeidi’s sentence to one year, and as it turns out, he will wind up serving only nine months in prison because of good behavior. His December 14, 2008, shoe assault on Bush turned him into a folk hero across the Arab world and a symbol of opposition to the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. A sculpture of an enormous shoe, erected in al-Zeidi’s honor, was briefly on display in the city of Tikrit before local officials ordered it taken down.