SAUDIS REFUSE TO SHAKE MICHELLE OBAMA’S HAND: They also blurred her face on TV!
Social media causes a buzz with this video of Michelle Obama’s face blurred on state-run Saudi TV. This is some funny stuff!
Michelle Obama did not look happy on Tuesday when she had to cut short her visit to India to accompany her husband on a trip to a country where women aren’t even allowed to drive cars.
The First Lady bowed and beamed as she boarded Air Force One in New Dehli on Tuesday, but by the time she landed in Saudi Arabia a few hours later, she had traded her floral dress for a more conservative long-sleeved jacket and slacks – as well as a new scorned expression.
In pictures at the airport and Egra Palace, Mrs Obama pursed her lips and glared as she stood her husband who cancelled their trip to the Taj Mahal in order to pay respects to the Saudi royal family on the death of King Abdullah.
While the oil-rich Saudis are America’s biggest Arab ally, the relationship has come under increased scrutiny over the conservative Muslim country’s questionable human rights record – including their treatment of women.
In addition to not being able to drive, Saudi women must always have a male chaperone when going out in public, they can’t try on clothes while shopping or open a bank account without their husband’s permission.
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Following the president and Mrs Obama’s brief four-hour visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, a video surfaced online showing the First Lady’s image blurred out from video broadcast aired on a state television station.
The video caused outrage from Westerners online, who thought Mrs Obama was edited out of the broadcast for wearing her hair uncovered and sporting a bright blue jacket.
However, it appears that the video was actually edited by a third party with extremist views.
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