Q's turban

[Wanda Sherratt]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., Nmhitz630 at a... wrote:
> If you think about it, because Voldemort is inside Quirell's head, 
it makes 
> his head large and abnormal and only a turban would cover his entire 
head and 
> mask the size. 
> 
> The Osama Bin Laden connection is simply coincidental. Osama Bin 
Laden was 
> out of the public eye while JKR was writing. 

Honestly, I *never* even once thought of Osama bin Laden in connection 
with Quirrel's turban!  I just thought of it as an exotic, eccentric 
detail, and connected it with images of India - magicians, snake 
charmers, etc.  Never once thought of the Middle East.

Wanda