Comments on: The Keffiyeh: Fashion Trend or Political Statement?

By: Zach

Zach — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:01:09 +0000

That was interesting. I didn’t know that the colors of the keffiyeh had any “meaning”, for a lack of a better word.

As for people wearing them in the US, those that don them like bandanas, no matter what they say it’s purely for fashion. And that’s fine. So many people that see themselves as being smarter or “deeper” or more enlightned than others seem to be ashamed of finding pleasure in pointless things. But who cares? Clothes and fashion can be fun, they can liven things up a bit.

Sid Vicious wore a swastika. People copied him and probably said it was a “protest” or whatever other pretentious feel-goodery they feigned to feel blameless, to show people that they “get it” or to feel like they were “doing something”. Really though? They just liked the rise they got out of people for wearing it and that’s fine. People just sound foolish when they deny it’s for fashion and try to shroud, with some affected snobbery, something that would of been fine if they just admitted they liked how it looked.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:22:21 +0000

# 87 Someone questioned you so you feel like a terrorist? It’s called airport security checks. You base calling the only country that supports human rights in the Middle East a “Nazi” state because you were asked where you’re from? I doubt you’re a Jew. Probably just some anti-Israel Moslem with too much time on their hands.

# 89 You couldn’t have made friends from “Palestine”- that was never a country but a territory controlled by the Turks and later the Brits in modern history. In ancient history it was a Jewish kingdom, then fell under Roman rule. The “Palestinians” are ethnic Jordanians and Egyptians that neither Islamic country will take in.

By: Salvatore

Salvatore — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:43:38 +0000

I too am an owner of the red/white Jordanian shemagh, black/white keffiyeh( Not with the Palestinian diamond shaped black pattern like Afrat), desert tan/ black shemagh, white ghutra, complete with two pairs of black agal head cord, classical gold agal, a set of thobe dress, and a red tarboosh brimless cap. I wear them not because I am making a political statement, but because I take keen interests in Arabic cultures and the aspects of the religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam that occurred in the Levant and gulf of Arabia.I think it looks good on me when I wear it with a modern suit or with the thobe dress or I would simply wear it for the weather when it is cold, hot, windy, rainy or snowy outside and it does wonder too! I’ve taken the times to educate myself on the subject of the cultures and religious history. I have also taken the time to learn the Arabic language so I could use that skill one day when I get to visit the mid-east. My next goal somewhere in my life is to also learn Hebrew. I have made plenty of friends who are from Egypt, Morocco, Yemen, Palestine, Turkey and Pakistan and most of them are Muslim. I do not hate Jews nor do I hate anybody based on their creeds, beliefs and ethnicity, I do hate the hip-hop trendy edgy people, but I tolerate them.

Noticeable people who have worn the Keffiyah :

Thomas Edward Lawrence (of Arabia)

Freya Stark

U.K forces in Northern Africa during World War 2

U.K forces in Afghanistan

U.S forces in Afghanistan and Iraq

Europeans, mostly British anthropologists and Archaeologists who are or have conducted field works in the mid east.

So there you have it.

By: Jewish Power

Jewish Power — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:09:19 +0000

I am Jewish. I visited Israel and many other places in the Middle East. In Israel I felt like an outsider and a terrorist in the way I was questioned on entry and exit. Frankly why do they ask such stupid questions like why does your father live in Canada or why did your grandmother come from California? WTF!

When I visited Arab countries like Lebanon, Jordan, UAE and Egypt; I was welcomed with a big smile and a “Enjoy your stay with us!”.

As far as I am concerned, Israel is the new Nazi state and all you right wingers here who support it just proves I am correct.

God Bless America and God Bless the Middle East!

By: Aisha

Aisha — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:30:37 +0000

By the way Islam prohibits abortions unless the pregnancy is a danger to the mother’s health or if the mother has been raped

By: Aisha

Aisha — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:28:13 +0000

I am also against Israel and wear the keffiyeh often. This article is completely biased against Palestine. If people want to wear the keffiyeh or any other political item of clothing, they should be able to without websites like these calling the people they are supporting “terrorists”. I understand that everyone has their own opinion but you could back up your insults with some reasons or facts.

By: Khairiya

Khairiya — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:49:15 +0000

I’m against Israel. I wear the Keffiyeh proudly, back and white, not for a fashion statement, but for the support of Palestine – the land stolen by the Israelis.

By: deguello

deguello — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:58:23 +0000

#65 Matt Cooper: Islam prohibits abortions, it didn’t,Obama would not be president today.

By: deguello

deguello — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:26:36 +0000

#65 66, I am perfectly serious, stoning womenn or men indiscriminately, no , but stoning and suppressing liberals,rappers,feminazis,wall street plutocrats and other living tumors? It bears thinking.The west is not worth defending;it’s worth destroying in its present form.The irony is that before the muslims get enough power, it will have already done the job for them through cultural suicide.Matt,give the devolution of Western jurisprudence, in a few years ,pedophilia will probablybe legal in western nations,have you ever heard of NAMBLA? All that needs to be done, is to demonstrate that tons of money can be made from it ,especially taxes, and a future liberal supreme court will legalize it.Making money is the ONLY permitted value in the west.As for Burkhas,they are preferable to the madonna /Spears slut wear affected by our western teenagers.Muslims can teach us how to resist Western prostitutionalization of everything by demented greed. Incidentally,is anyone aware that US,British, and Australian special forces operators wear keffiyehs?Fianally,why is everyone here so fearful of Islam? Didn’t our former cretin in chief,inform all and sundry, that “Islam is a religion of peace”? This bit of wisdom was then eagerly repeated by bien pensant elites.Like I said the West,in its present form, is not worth defending.

By: DoubleTapper

DoubleTapper — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:27:01 +0000

Jews all over the world are fighting back by wearing our own version of the kafiya.

Check it out here!

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