A keffiyeh — sometimes spelled kufiyya or kaffiyeh — is a traditional scarf worn across many parts of the Middle East. In recent decades they have come to be identified in particular as a ...

A keffiyeh — sometimes spelled kufiyya or kaffiyeh in English — is a traditional scarf worn across many parts of the Middle East. Typically, it is either black and white or red and white, ...

Not much has changed in the keffiyeh's cultural and political importance for Palestinians. The garment still represents a continued struggle, yearning for freedom while also nodding to their history.

The keffiyeh’s prominence soared notably in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a Palestinian nationalist movement, adopted and popularized the garment.

How has its meaning changed over time? Until the 1920s, the keffiyeh was almost exclusively worn by Bedouin men, according to Ghnaim, and it was simply a way to identify nomadic men in historic ...

A keffiyeh — sometimes spelled kufiyya or kaffiyeh — is a traditional scarf worn across many parts of the Middle East. In recent decades they have come to be identified in particular as a ...

Khaled’s choice to wear the keffiyeh has been viewed as a “feminist move on her part that ushered in this idea of Palestinian women being part of rebellion, part of activism, part of the ...

What is a keffiyeh and what does it mean? First, the basics. The keffiyeh, also known as a hatta, is a traditional Arab headdress.Historically, it was worn by nomadic communities — or Bedouins ...

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.

A keffiyeh — sometimes spelled kufiyya or kaffiyeh in English — is a traditional scarf worn across many parts of the Middle East. Typically, it is either black and white or red and white, ...