keffiyehs

these scarves that you always see white people rockin in NY LA and
SF were all the fasion rage 9 months ago. the first cat i seen rock one was kanye in the cant tell me nothin video and i thought to myself that shit go. then i seen everyone rockin them. alot of people dont know that these scarves are not just made to make fasion statement but politcal statements as well. it actually is not a scarf but a keffiyeh. muslims been rockin them since the days of ali baba and the 40 theives and is one ofthe main ways to distinguish which terrorist/ freedon fighter faction someone belongs to. they are traditionally a sign for palestinian militacy. but its funny how many people rock them in NY and LA the epicenter of american semites.

The scarves, loosely based on Arab keffiyehs, are thought to give the wearer an air of edginess and rebellion totally unaffected by his or her ignorance of the political significance of the accessory, which differs from pattern to pattern. The black and white checkered keffiyeh is associated with Fatah, the largest faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization; the slightly less common (among hipsters) red checked Kefi, was worn by Jordanian soldiers in the ’60s and now associated with Hamas, the ruling party in Palestine.


In the U.S., wearers are unlikely to know one pattern’s affiliation from another, but wearing the wrong Kefi in the wrong place can have ugly consequences in the Middle East; imagine an ignorant tourist striding into a Palestinian neighborhood with strong Hamas loyalties in the black and white of Fatah. In Iran, the Keffiyah is seen as a dangerously pro-Arab statement, and wearing one can get you arrested. The significance of the pattern is further diluted when the scarves are dyed hot pink or electric yellow and smiley faces and skulls replace the traditional checks and houndsteeth. Any association the kefi might once have had with Palestinian solidarity is lost when it’s effortlessly worn by the young, blonde relatives of pro-Israel arch-conservatives like G.W. Bush and John McCain. The sudden popularity of the Kefi among young Republicans – and poptarts like Rachael Ray - is another sure sign that the trend is doomed.

im black and asian and not a muslim but this by far is one of threndiest and sheikest(no pun intended) (actually that pun was intended although racist) ways to say fuck u america