The keffiyeh is still seen on top of masks at protests today in order to protect the community against spreadable diseases.

Across the world, the black-and-white keffiyeh head scarf has become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause as war rages between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza. It has also become ...

The traditional scarf, worn across many parts of the Middle East, has come to be identified in particular as a symbol of Palestinian identity and resistance.

The traditional scarf, worn across many parts of the Middle East, has come to be identified in particular as a symbol of Palestinian identity and resistance.

How the keffiyeh became a symbol of the Palestinian cause The iconic Palestinian scarf started out as a practical garment. It became an emblem of an aspiring nation.

The keffiyeh classes crave the moral rush of oppression, the thrill of persecution.

(The Conversation) — The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.

The keffiyeh became explicitly associated with pro-Palestinian movements when Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, began consistently donning it in public in the 1960s and ...

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 31 - A group of pro-Gaza activists put a keffiyeh on the baby Jesus in a Nativity Scene in Florence's cathedral on Tuesday. Shortly before, the activists from 'Florence for ...

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of ...

Yasser Arafat, who served as chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and then president of the Palestinian Authority, was rarely seen without a black and white keffiyeh on his head and ...