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keffiyeh

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keffiyeh [kɛˈfiːjə], kaffiyeh, kufiyah
n
(Clothing & Fashion) a cotton headdress worn by Arabs
[from Arabic, perhaps from Late Latin cofea coif]


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Before 2003 "we could work in music and folk festivals," says Khalid Jassim, his head dressed in a red and white checked Keffiyeh.
Tariq Abu Dia, owner of the President Arafat souvenir shop in Gaza City, says Goldstone, who is Jewish, deserves the honor of appearing on the iconic Palestinian keffiyeh made famous by Yasser Arafat, for whom the shop is named.
Palestinian weavers used to make the traditional keffiyeh, the chequered Arab headscarf late leader Yasser Arafat made a national Palestinian symbol.
 
 
 
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