Maradona, Machismo and the Arab World

It's not easy being Diego Armando Maradona.  Never has been, never will be.  But the sight of Maradona heading into the stands during a game this week between Al Wasl and Al Shabab in the UAE was something new.  Maradona coaches Al Wasl and was furious at the treatment his girlfriend and the wives and girlfriends of some of his players received from Al Shabab fans.  In a post game press conference he angrily defended himself to a reporter.  He had some choice words about domestic violence, a problem that many in the Arab world have failed to acknowledge.  See Maradona's press conference for yourself, here.