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An Iraqi man wearing a predominantly red keffiyeh in a Charraweyya (‍چراوية) style.

The keffiyeh (Arabic: كوفية‎, kūfīyä; plural: كوفيات, kūfīyāt), shmagh, shemagh or yashmag (شماغ, šmāġ), ghutra (غترة, ġuträ), hatta (حطّة, ḥaṭṭä) or mashada (مشدة) is a traditional headdress of Arab men, made of a square of cloth ("scarf"), usually cotton, folded and wrapped in various styles around the head. It is commonly found in arid climate areas to provide protection from direct sun exposure, as well as for occasional use in protecting the mouth and eyes from blown dust and sand.^{[citation needed]} ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1295 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Keffiyeh ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1295 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Keffiyeh ... Arabic redirects here. ... Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on ones head. ... For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation). ... This article is about the article of clothing. ... For other uses, see Cotton (disambiguation). ... In general terms, the climate of a locale or region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Sand (disambiguation). ...

Local variations exist. Many Palestinian keffiyeh are a mix of cotton and wool, which lets them dry quickly and keep the wearer's head warm. The keffiyeh is usually folded in half, into a triangle, and the fold is worn across the forehead. Often, the keffiyeh is held in place by a rope circlet, called an agal (Arabic: عقال‎, ʿiqāl). Some wearers wrap the keffiyeh into a turban, while others wear it loosely draped around the back and shoulders. Sometimes a skullcap is worn underneath the keffiyeh, and, in the past, it has also been wrapped around the rim of the fez. The keffiyeh is almost always of white cotton cloth, but many have a checkered pattern in red or black stitched into them. The plain, white keffiyeh is most popular in the Gulf states, almost excluding any other style in Kuwait and Bahrain. The black-and-white keffiyeh is most popular in the Levant. The red-and-white keffiyeh is worn throughout these regions as well as in Somalia, but is most strongly associated with Jordan, where is it known as shmagh mhadab. The Jordanian keffiyeh has cotton decorative strings on the sides. It is believed that the bigger these strings, the more value it has and the higher a person's status. It has been used by Bedouins throughout the centuries and was used as a symbol of honour and tribal identification.^{[citation needed]} The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... A Bahraini man wearing agal. ... Arabic redirects here. ... This article is about headwear. ... An American man wearing a kufi. ... A Fez The Fez (also known as the Checheya or Tarboosh) is a red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone; a black tassel hangs from the crown. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. ... The Levant The Levant (IPA: ) is an imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east. ... Bedouin resting at Mount Sinai Bedouin, derived from the Arabic badawi بدوي, a generic name for a desert-dweller, is a term generally applied to Sahara via the Western Desert, Sinai, and Negev to the eastern coast of the Arabian desert. ... Tribal refers to a culture or society based on tribes or clans. ...

Keffiyeh is often spelled kaffiyah, keffiya, kaffiya, kufiya or some other variation. There is little basis for considering any one of these more correct than the others, as the varied spellings simply show different understandings of the pronunciation in Arabic, which differs from region to region, as well as different methods of transliteration from the Arabic alphabet to the Latin alphabet. The name keffiyeh is purported to come from the name of the city Kufa (Arabic: الكوفة‎, al-kūfä) or from the word for the palm of the hand (الكف, al-kef) (the other meaning of the word is "napkin" (held in hands). Due to the fact that the Arabic language has a number of phonemes that have no equivalent in English or other European languages, a number of different transliteration methods have been invented to represent certain Arabic characters, due to various conflicting goals: A desire to stay consistent with traditional usage... The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and others. ... Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz redirects here. ... Kufa (الكوفة al-Kufa in Arabic) is a city in Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf. ... Arabic redirects here. ...

The keffiyeh, especially the all-white version, can also be called a ghutra (غترة, ġuträ), particularly in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain (where the skullcap is confusingly called keffiyeh), but is also known in some areas a shmagh (شماغ, šmāġ) or a hatta (حطّة, ḥaṭṭä).

Palestinian national symbol

Yasser Arafat wearing his customary keffiyeh.

In the 1960s, the keffiyeh became a symbol of Palestinian nationalism as a result of its association with rural areas (as opposed to the city-dweller's fez).^{[citation needed]} see http://commons. ... see http://commons. ... Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolizing French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ... A Fez The Fez (also known as the Checheya or Tarboosh) is a red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone; a black tassel hangs from the crown. ...

The keffiyeh would later become a trademark symbol of Yasser Arafat, who was rarely seen without his peculiarly arranged black-and-white scarf (only occasionally did he sport a military cap or, in colder climates, a Russian-style fur hat or Ushanka). Arafat would wear his keffiyeh in semi-traditional manner, around the head and wrapped by an agal, but he also wore a similarly patterened piece of cloth in the neckline of his military fatigues. Early on, he had made it his personal trademark to drape the scarf over his right shoulder only and arranging it in the rough shape of a triangle, so resembling the outlines of the territory claimed by Palestine. This manner of wearing the keffiyeh in turn became a symbol of Arafat as a person and political leader, and it has not been imitated by other Palestinian leaders. Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ... For other uses, see Fur (disambiguation). ... An ushanka with the ear flaps tied on top. ... For other uses, see Triangle (disambiguation). ... A 2003 satellite image of the region. ...

Another Palestinian figure associated with the keffiyeh is Leila Khaled, a female member of the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Several photographs of Khaled circulated in the Western newspapers after the hijacking of TWA Flight 840 and the Dawson's Field hijackings. These often included Khaled wearing a keffiyeh in the style of a Muslim woman's hijab, wrapped around the head and shoulders. This was unusual, as the keffiyeh is associated with Arab masculinity, and many believe this to be something of a fashion statement by Khaled, denoting her equality with men in the Palestinian armed struggle. The use of the keffiyeh as a hijab remains very uncommon, and to the extent it exists, it must be assumed to be a personal political statement. Leila Khaled in the 1970s Leila Khaled (Arabic: ; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian rejectionist front. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... In August 1969, leaders in the Palestinian left-wing organization PFLP learned that Yitzak Rabin, the Israeli Ambassador to the United States was scheduled to be aboard the flight. ... In the Dawsons Field hijackings (September 6, 1970) four jet aircraft bound for New York City were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. ... “Higab” redirects here. ... A fashion consists of a current (constantly changing) trend, favoured for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. ...

The colors of the stitching in a keffiyeh are also vaguely associated with Palestinians' political sympathies. The iconic "spider-web" black-and-white keffiyeh is often displayed symbolically by members of Arafat's Fatah party^{[citation needed]} (which more generally uses yellow as its party colour), although it has never been able to expropriate it as their exclusive symbol. The zig zag style of stitching is sometimes described as symbolic of their historic struggle and their inability to progress towards their objectives without having to avoid obstacles.^{[citation needed]} This is in contrast to how many members of the radical leftist PLO factions (such as PFLP, PFLP-GC DFLP) prefer the checkered red keffieyhs — red being both the traditional colour of the workers' movement and the red scarf supposedly more indicative of a bedouin^{[citation needed]} and rural (thus poorer, more popular) background.^{[citation needed]} While widely known, this color symbolism is by no means universally accepted by all Palestinians, and its importance should not be overstated — red or black-and-white scarves are used by Palestinians of all political stripes, as well as by those with no particular political sympathies. This article is about the religious artifacts. ... Not to be confused with Fatah Revolutionary Council or Fatah al-Islam. ... This article is about the color. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, with an intent to destroy Israel. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic Al-Jabhah al-Shabiyyah Li-Tahrir Filastin الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command is a left-wing Palestinian nationalist organization. ... The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Al-Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah Li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Marxist-Leninist organization, which was founded in 1969 when it split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). ... The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... A Bedouin man in Sinai Peninsula The Bedouin, (from the Arabic (), pl. ...

This symbol of Palestinian identity is now largely imported from China, in 2008 Yasser Hirbawi who for five decades had been the only Palestinian manufacturer of keffiyehs told Reuters that "Two years ago I had to close down my factory because I couldn't compete with Chinese-made Hattas (keffiyehs) that sell for 40 percent less." ^[1]

Westerners in keffiyeh

T. E. Lawrence.

The British Colonel T. E. Lawrence (better known as Lawrence of Arabia), probably the best-known Western wearer of the keffiyeh, wore a plain white one with agal during his involvement in the Arab Revolt in World War I. This image of Lawrence was later popularized by the film epic about him, Lawrence of Arabia, in which he was played by Peter O'Toole. Image File history File links Thomas_Edward_Lawrence-Lawrence_of_Arabia. ... Image File history File links Thomas_Edward_Lawrence-Lawrence_of_Arabia. ... Lawrence of Arabia redirects here. ... Lawrence of Arabia redirects here. ... Thomas Edward Lawrence (August 16, 1888 – May 19, 1935), also known as Lawrence of Arabia, and (apparently, among his Arab allies) Aurens or El Aurens, became famous for his role as a British liaison officer during the Arab Revolt of 1916–1918. ... A Bahraini man wearing agal. ... Combatants Hashemite Arabs Great Britain Ottoman Empire Commanders Faisal T.E. Lawrence Ahmed Djemal Strength 5,000 (?) 25,000 (?) This article is about the Arab Revolt of 1916. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Lawrence of Arabia is an award-winning 1962 film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born August 2, 1932, uncertain but presumed correct date[1]) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ...

Possibly due to the view of Arabs as part of the allies of World War I, the 1920s "silent-film" era of American cinema saw studios take to Orientalist themes of the "exotic" Middle East, and keffiyehs became a standard part of the theatrical wardrobe. These films and their male leads (as with The Sheik and The Son of the Sheik, starring actor Rudolph Valentino) typically had Western actors in the role of an Arab, often wearing the keffiyeh with the agal. Map of the World showing the participants in World War I. Those fighting on the Allies side (at one point or another) are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in gray. ... Categories: American cinema | Cinema by country ... Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, by Westerners. ... The Sheik was a 1921 silent movie produced by Paramount, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres and Adolphe Menjou. ... Poster for The Son of the Sheik. The Son of the Sheik was a 1926 silent movie directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor, sex symbol, and early pop icon. ...

In current times, in the music video for the Nine Inch Nails single "Survivalism", Trent Reznor can be seen wearing a shemagh around his neck, though the use of the shemagh in the video is appropriated in part to represent the Art is Resistance movement in the band's promotional alternate reality game for its 2007 album Year Zero. NIN redirects here. ... Survivalism (also known as Halo 23) is the first single by Nine Inch Nails from their 2007 album Year Zero. ... Michael Trent Reznor (born May 17, 1965) is an American musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... In the Year Zero alternate reality game several characters and organizations are mentioned. ... Alternate Reality, see Alternate Reality (computer game). ... Year Zero (also known as Halo 24) is the sixth Nine Inch Nails studio album, released on April 16, 2007 in Europe, April 17 in the United States, and April 25, 2007 in Japan. ...

Symbol of Palestinian solidarity?

A man wearing a black and white Keffiyeh

Increased sympathy and activism by certain Westerners toward Palestinians in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in the years of the Oslo Peace Accords and Second Intifada have led to the wearing of keffiyehs as a sign of their solidarity with Palestine and the Palestinian people. For example, the slang "keffiyeh kinderlach" refers to young left-wing Jews, particularly college students, who sport a keffiyeh around the neck as a political/fashion statement. This term may have first appeared in print in an article by Bradley Burston in which he writes of "the suburban-exile kaffiyeh kinderlach of Berkeley, more Palestinian by far than the Palestinians" in their criticism of Israel. Israel, with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between the State of Israel and Arab Palestinians. ... For other uses, see al-Aqsa (disambiguation). ... Solidarity in sociology refers to the feeling or condition of unity based on common goals, interests, and sympathies among a groups members. ...

While Western protesters wear differing styles and shades of keffiyeh, the most prominent is the black-and-white keffiyeh. This is typically worn around the neck like a neckerchief, simply knotted in the front with the fabric allowed to drape over the back. Other popular styles include rectangular-shaped scarves with the basic black-and-white pattern in the body, with the ends knitted in the form of the Palestinian flag. Since the Al-Aqsa Intifada, these rectangular scarves have increasingly appeared with a combination of the Palestinian flag and Al-Aqsa Mosque printed on the ends of the fabric. Some dogs are adorned with neckerchiefs or bandannas, as an extenion of their owners personality. ... Proportions 1:2 The Palestinian flag has been in use by Palestinians to represent their national aspirations since the middle of the 20th century. ... For other uses, see al-Aqsa (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Al-aqsa (disambiguation). ...

Military use

For some years, the wearing of the keffiyeh has been almost ubiquitous amongst British soldiers, who now, almost exclusively, refer to them as shemaghs. Their use by some units and formations of the military and police forces of the former British Empire and subsequent Commonwealth dates back to before the Second World War. Because of its utility it was adopted by the Palestine Police Force, the Trans Jordan Frontier Force, the Sudan Defence Force, the Arab Legion, the Libyan Arab Force, the Long Range Desert Group, the Special Air Service and Popski's Private Army, amongst others, who wore them while operating in North Africa. After the war, their use by the Army continued with the keffiyeh being worn in both desert and temperate environments in theatres such as Dhofar. Australian Army forces have also used the shemagh since the Vietnam War, and extensively during Iraq and Afghanistan, particularly by Australian Special Forces units. Since the beginning of the War on Terror, these keffiyeh, usually cotton and in military olive drab or khaki with black stitching, have been adopted by US and troops as well. Their practicality in an arid environment, as in Iraq, explains their constant popularity with soldiers. Soldiers often wear the keffiyeh folded in half into a triangle and wrapped around the face, with the halfway point being placed over the mouth and nose, sometimes coupled with goggles, to keep sand out of the face. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... A cap badge of the Palestine Police Force The Palestine Police Force was a British colonial police service established in Palestine on 1 July, 1920,[1] when High Commissioner Herbert Samuels civil administration took over responsibility for security from General Allenbys Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (South). ... The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a Sudanese military unit formed in 1925 during the time of the Anglo-Egyptian co-dominium. ... The Arab Legion (al-Jaysh al-ArabÄ«) was Transjordans and later also Jordans regular army. ... The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a British Army unit during World War II. The unit was founded in Egypt following the Italian declaration of war (June 1940) by Major Ralph A. Bagnold with the assistance of Captains Clayton and Shaw, acting under the direction of General Wavell. ... SAS in their armed jeeps, during the North African campaign The Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. ... Popskis Private Army (officially No 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA) was an irregular unit of British Special Forces founded in Cairo in 1942 by Major (later Lieutenant-Colonel) Vladimir Peniakoff DSO MC. PPA was one of several irregular units spawned in the Western Desert during World War II. Peniakoff was...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ... The Dhofar (Arabic ظفار Ẓufār) region lies in Southern Oman, on the eastern border of Yemen. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. ... Olive Drab is the color olive shaded green. ... The color khaki comes from the Persian word khak meaning dust, and khaki meaning dusty, dust covered or earth colored. ...

Fashion trend

As with other articles of clothing worn in wartime, such as the T-shirt and khaki pants, the keffiyeh has been seen as chic among non-Arabs in the West, who may be uninterested in politics, the military, or both. Keffiyehs became popular in the United States in the late 1980s, at the start of the First Intifada, when bohemian girls wore keffiyehs as scarves around their necks.^[2][3] In the early 2000s, keffiyehs were very popular among youths in Tokyo, who often wore them with camouflage clothing.^[2] The trend recurred in the mid-2000s in the United States, ^[2][3] Europe,^[3] Canada and Australia,^{[citation needed]} when the keffiyeh became popular as a fashion accessory, usually worn as a scarf around the neck in hipster circles.^[2][3] Stores such as Urban Outfitters and TopShop stocked the item.^[3] (After some controversy, however, Urban Outfitters pulled the item.^[3]) In spring 2008, keffiyehs in colours like purple and mauve were given away in issues of fashion magazines in Spain and France. After Balenciaga's 2007 Fall/Winter collection, the scarves became a fever around the world. T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ... Khaki is a common material in military uniforms Khaki is a type of fabric or the colour of such fabric. ... Combatants  Israel Unified National Leadership ot the Uprising Commanders Yitzhak Shamir Yasser Arafat Casualties 160 (5 children) 1,162 (241 children) The First Intifada (1987 - 1993) (also intifada and war of the stones) was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule[1] that began in Jabalia refugee camp and quickly... In modern usage, the term Bohemian (sometimes shortened to boho) is applied to people who live unconventional, usually artistic, lives. ... This article is about the article of clothing. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... This article is about protective camouflage used to disguise people, animals, or military targets. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Fashion accessories are items apart from the garment itself, which complement the whole outfit. ... In the 1990s and 2000s, the 1940s slang term hipster began being used in North America to describe young, well-educated urban middle class and upper class adults with leftist, liberal, or libertarian social and political views and interests in a non-mainstream fashion and cultural aesthetic. ... Urban Outfitters, Inc. ... Topshop is a chain of clothing stores situated throughout the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and over 30 other countries. ... Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga,1895 -1972 a Basque-Spanish artist. ...

In mid-2000s New York City, non-Arabs tended to wear keffiyehs in one of three ways.^[2] Pro-Palestinian activists wore them loosely draped over their shoulders. World-music aficionados wore them as regular, bunched scarves around their necks (as did girls in the 1980s). Finally, hipsters folded them in half to make a triangle, then gathered the scarf around the neck to leave one point facing down in the center of the chest. New keffiyeh designs with Israeli motifs are sold since 2007.^[4] World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... Look up motif in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Controversial symbol

The keffiyeh has become a symbol of the Palestinians in the long running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.^{[citation needed]} As a result of its symbolic meaning in this context, its display in the West has periodically been the subject of criticism. In 2007, the American clothing store chain, Urban Outfitters, stopped selling keffiyehs after "a pro-Israel activist ... complained about the items" and issued a statement that "the company had not intended 'to imply any sympathy for or support of terrorists or terrorism' in selling the keffiyehs and was pulling them."^[5] Rhoda Koenig, a theatre critic for the The Independent in 2006, asserted that the keffiyeh had "become a symbol of Islamic militancy".^[6] Caroline Glick, deputy editor of the Jerusalem Post, equates the Palestinian keffiyeh with the fascist wearing of brown shirts.^[7] A spokesman for Spain’s People's Party accused Prime Minister Zapatero of "anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and Israelophobia," after he "criticized Israel's attacks on Lebanon and posed in a Palestinian-style keffiyeh scarf.". ^[8] For other uses, see The Independent (disambiguation). ... Caroline Glick is an Israeli-American Journalist and is the deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post. ... The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli newspaper in the English language. ... The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular, PP) is the main centre-right political party in Spain. ...   (IPA: ) (born 4 August 1960), better known under his second surname Zapatero, is the Prime Minister of Spain. ... Belligerents Hezbollah Amal[1] LCP[2] PFLP-GC[3] Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah Imad Mughniyeh Dan Halutz Moshe Kaplinsky[4] Udi Adam Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[5] Up to 10,000 ground troops. ...

Dunkin' Donuts controversy

Dunkin' Donuts discontinued an online ad featuring Rachael Ray wearing a paisley patterned scarf after conservative columnist Michelle Malkin claimed that the scarf resembled a keffiyeh.^[9][10] Dunkin Donuts is an international coffee and donut retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. by William Rosenberg. ... Rachael Domenica Ray (born August 25, 1968 in Glens Falls, New York[1][2]) is a two-time Emmy-nominated[3] television personality and author. ... Michelle Malkin (née Maglalang) (born October 20, 1970) is a socially and politically conservative American columnist, blogger, author and political commentator. ...

In media

• Actor Charlie Sheen wears a keffiyeh in the 1990 film Navy SEALs.
• Nine Inch Nails singer Trent Reznor wears a keffiyeh in the video for "Survivalism".
• The 1981 film The Cannonball Run has a sheikh, played by Jamie Farr, who wears a keffiyeh.
• The 2007 Transformers film features the tan Special Air Service pattern Keffiyeh in the Qatar sequences.
• The character Syd, a British soldier, in the 2006 film Children of Men wears a keffiyeh while he is undercover transporting the 'fugees'.
• In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Henry Jones, Sr. dons a keffiyeh-like cloth at the end.
• Jeremy Clarkson wears a keffiyeh in an episode of Top Gear.^{[citation needed]}
• An anonymous person wears one at the end of Method Man's video "M.E.T.H.O.D. Man". ^[11]
• Kanye West dons one in his music video "Homecoming".^[12]
• Gabe Saporta of the band Cobra Starship is commonly seen wearing the scarf. ^[13]

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See also

• Krama
• kufi or kofia -- other headcoverings sometimes adopted by Muslim men

A krama is a sturdy Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to carry children, to cover the face, and for decorative purposes. ... An American man wearing a kufi. ...

References

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External links

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Keffiyeh

• "The Keffiyeh and the Arab Heartland" from About.com
• "Saudi Aramco World: The dye that binds" by Caroline Stone
• Instructions on how to cover one's head and face with a keffiyeh from actiongear.com
• Modern Chronology of the Keffiyah Kraze from Arab American blog Kabobfest
• A simple trend or a political statement? from NowPublic blog
• A wide range of different colored shemaghFrom Shemagh Fan