variants
or less commonly keffiyeh
: an Arab headdress consisting of a square of cloth folded to form a triangle and held on by a cord
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Many of her videos show a kaffiyeh, or Palestinian headscarf, hanging on the wall behind her desk.
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Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Most wore kaffiyeh scarves or other coverings obscuring their faces.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The nation in brief Protesters enter Barnard dean's building
NEW YORK -- Pro-Palestinian protesters wearing kaffiyeh scarves and masks pushed their way into Barnard College's Milbank Hall, which houses the offices of the dean, and assaulted a school employee Wednesday, according to the school.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The red kaffiyeh, for instance, is more popular in Jordan, suggests Kuraishi.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
And in September, in the town of Cedarhurst, a protester was arrested and charged with wearing a kaffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
The bartenders had tattoos down to their wrists and up to their necks; one woman wore glasses and a black-and-white kaffiyeh, telegraphing her support for Palestinians in Gaza under siege; a guy had a gray hoodie on beneath an Eagles jersey.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
But other predominant colors of the kaffiyeh are popular in other territories.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Campbell, who is African American, had draped a kaffiyeh around her neck.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
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Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Most wore kaffiyeh scarves or other coverings obscuring their faces.
—Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
The nation in brief Protesters enter Barnard dean's building
NEW YORK -- Pro-Palestinian protesters wearing kaffiyeh scarves and masks pushed their way into Barnard College's Milbank Hall, which houses the offices of the dean, and assaulted a school employee Wednesday, according to the school.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The red kaffiyeh, for instance, is more popular in Jordan, suggests Kuraishi.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
And in September, in the town of Cedarhurst, a protester was arrested and charged with wearing a kaffiyeh, a traditional Arab headdress.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024
The bartenders had tattoos down to their wrists and up to their necks; one woman wore glasses and a black-and-white kaffiyeh, telegraphing her support for Palestinians in Gaza under siege; a guy had a gray hoodie on beneath an Eagles jersey.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
But other predominant colors of the kaffiyeh are popular in other territories.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Campbell, who is African American, had draped a kaffiyeh around her neck.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Kaffiyeh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kaffiyeh. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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