variants
or less commonly kaffiyeh
: a checkered scarf traditionally worn as a head covering by some men in the Middle East
Yasser Arafat, who was the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, helped popularize the keffiyeh around the world by almost always wearing one in public.—
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The anti-Zionist group Kufiyas in Buchenwald announced a demonstration at Buchenwald on April 11, the anniversary of its liberation, in protest against a German court’s decision that the site could refuse entry to visitors who wear a Palestinian keffiyeh.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Several men in the group are wearing the traditional Palestinian headscarf, the keffiyeh.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
The group highlighted examples such as in 2025 when the critical race and ethnic studies departmental graduation ceremony at UC Santa Cruz allegedly passed out Palestinian flags and keffiyeh imagery to students, with a photo of the pro-Palestinian 2024 encampments at the event.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
The clip, just over a minute long, shows officers shouting commands as a woman in a keffiyeh steps past a blue line painted on the property.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
Several men in the group are wearing the traditional Palestinian headscarf, the keffiyeh.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
The group highlighted examples such as in 2025 when the critical race and ethnic studies departmental graduation ceremony at UC Santa Cruz allegedly passed out Palestinian flags and keffiyeh imagery to students, with a photo of the pro-Palestinian 2024 encampments at the event.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Feb. 2026
The clip, just over a minute long, shows officers shouting commands as a woman in a keffiyeh steps past a blue line painted on the property.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for keffiyeh
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“Keffiyeh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keffiyeh. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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