Emma Watson joins protest against Turkish politician's claim women should not laugh out loud
Actress Emma Watson tweets a photo of herself laughing, in protest against comments made by Turkey's vice prime minister that women should not laugh out loud
By Raziye Akkoc
1:03PM BST 01 Aug 2014
When Turkey's deputy prime minister gave a speech about what he saw as Turkey’s poor moral state, he was wanting to deliver a message to his people.
Bulent Arinc, speaking at a ceremony to mark Eid - celebrating the end of Ramadan- urged Turkish women to abide by a rigorous code - and know what is "haram," or forbidden.
"A woman will know what is haram and not haram," he said. "She will not laugh out loud in public. She will not be inviting in her attitudes and will protect her chasteness."
His comments were widely ridiculed, with Instagram, Facebook and Twitter ablaze with pictures of women laughing and the hashtag, #direnkahkaha (ignore him - laugh) was born.
On Friday Emma Watson joined in, tweeting a photo of herself laughing in public.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/11005428/Emma-Watson-joins-protest-against-Turkish-politicians-claim-women-should-not-laugh-out-loud.html
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Clash of cultures Turkish Vice PM story still kicking around, but nobody notices the food security for the poor being blocked by the US, in favour of profits.
Any chance that this celebrity could draw attention to that?
Er, maybe not. She's with the UN mob who are just an extension of the US.
