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The keffiyeh or kufiyyeh (Arabic: كُوفِيَّة, romanized: kūfiyya, lit. ' coif '), [ 1 ] also known in Arabic as a hattah ( حَطَّة , ḥaṭṭa ), is a traditional headdress worn by men from parts of the Middle East .
The Palestinian version of the keffiyeh The Palestinian keffiyeh is a distinctly patterned black-and-white keffiyeh. White keffiyehs had been traditionally worn by Palestinian peasants and bedouins to protect from the sun, when Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. Its use as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism and resistance dates back to the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, which ...
How the keffiyeh became a symbol of resistance. In addition to symbolizing cultural identity, the keffiyeh has also taken on a political dimension, like many other garments tied to cultural or ...
An agal (Arabic: عِقَال; also spelled iqal, egal, or igal) is a clothing accessory traditionally worn by Arab men. It is a doubled black cord used to keep a keffiyeh in place on the wearer's head. [1] Agals are traditionally made of goat or camel hair. [2]
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Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...
Ghutrah (Arabic: غتره) is a traditional keffiyeh headdress worn by men in the Arabian peninsula. It is made of a square of usually finer cotton cloth ("scarf"), folded and wrapped in various styles (usually a triangle) around the head.
The prayer cap in Bangladesh is known as a ṭopi, from the Prakrit term ṭopiā, meaning 'helmet'. In the Chittagong and Sylhet divisions, it is known as the toki, from the Arabic term طاقية. Topis made in Comilla and Nilphamari are exported to the Middle East. [citation needed]