keffiyeh
noun
kef·fi·yeh
less common spelling of kaffiyeh
: an Arab headdress consisting of a square of cloth folded to form a triangle and held on by a cord
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Already, Swedish pop star Eric Saade appeared wearing a keffiyeh — a traditional scarf that has come to symbolize resistance to Israel’s incursion into Gaza — around his wrist during a performance on Tuesday night.
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Sean Rameswaram, Vox, 8 May 2024
Her design of O’Toole’s full-length desert robe outfit included gold brocade trim, a long silk shirt (created in London and embroidered with a white silk pattern in Damascus), a fine cream wool keffiyeh with an ivory wool and gilt agal.
—Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
This past Christmas, the Vatican's Nativity scene had a newborn Jesus resting in a manger while wrapped in a keffiyeh—considered a symbol of pro-Palestinian activism.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Sean Rameswaram, Vox, 8 May 2024
Her design of O’Toole’s full-length desert robe outfit included gold brocade trim, a long silk shirt (created in London and embroidered with a white silk pattern in Damascus), a fine cream wool keffiyeh with an ivory wool and gilt agal.
—Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025
This past Christmas, the Vatican's Nativity scene had a newborn Jesus resting in a manger while wrapped in a keffiyeh—considered a symbol of pro-Palestinian activism.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Keffiyeh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keffiyeh. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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