keffiyeh

noun

kef·fi·yeh

less common spelling of kaffiyeh

: an Arab headdress consisting of a square of cloth folded to form a triangle and held on by a cord

Examples of keffiyeh in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Students sang and danced in a circle in front of the statue of John Harvard, the school’s namesake, draped with a keffiyeh (scarf), as dozens of others looked on. —

John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024 Sacramento museum staff report keffiyeh ban, via Emma Hall. —

Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024 Cyrus Mayer burst into the room, wearing a keffiyeh head scarf and a white shawl soaked with faux blood. —

Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024 Over the years, fans and players have also regularly worn the keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, to matches and the Palestinian flag can be seen in the stands of the team’s La Cisterna stadium at every home game. —

Matias Grez, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024 The team’s reception in Doha has been warm, with many in the stands waving Palestinian flags or holding up keffiyeh scarves to show their support. —

Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024 Other signs of global Palestinian solidarity include keys, spoons, olives, doves, poppies, and the keffiyeh scarf. —

Anna Furman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2024 Two of the men were wearing traditional Arab keffiyeh scarves. —

Alex Sundby, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2023 At the time, two of the men were wearing the black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarves. —

Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023

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