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Pupils who spoke to MEE attended schools in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Rochdale and different areas of London. The late Palestinian President Yassir Arafat also had an influential role in rendering the keffiyeh an everlasting symbol for the Palestinian fight against occupation during the First and Second Intifadas: he would rarely appear in public without putting his hatta and igal on. Many Arab celebrities today express their solidarity by wearing the keffiyeh on T.V. The only Keffiyeh factory in Palestine Some teachers from other schools who spoke to MEE also confirmed that students were placed in detention for putting up posters in support of Palestine. This is probably the most profound change that the kaffiyeh has undergone since its advent at some unknown point in prehistory.

The more difficult issue is that the conflict has polarised views to such an extent that any gesture, however well-meaning and intentioned, is inevitably going to draw both praise and criticism," he added. The Arab style of wearing a desert scarf is to drape it over the head and shoulders, leaving one end longer than the other. Sam added that students were threatened with being withdrawn from their GCSE exams if they refused to delete a video of senior staff taking down posters or wore a Palestine badge.In these places, kaffiyehs remained popular. In Jordan and Saudi Arabia, which are still controlled by Bedouins (albeit of different clans), kaffiyehs remain the standard to this day. In Arabia for example, a shemagh (as they call their kaffiyehs) is mandatory when visiting government offices and when attending formal events. a b c d e Kim, Kibum (11 February 2007). "Where Some See Fashion, Others See Politics". The New York Times. New York, New York.

As Swedenburg puts it, maybe the keffiyeh need not choose between being a political or a fashion item; it can be both and it can be educational, a conversation starter. Bramley, Ellie Violet (9 August 2019). "The keffiyeh: symbol of Palestinian struggle falls victim to fashion". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 October 2023.Cultural historian Jane Tynan has written about the scarf's significance in the book Fashion and Politics. She says: "The Ottoman Empire's dress codes had the effect of erasing ethno-religious identities, but would have been worn as a norm by urban dwellers."

Its prominence increased during the 1960s with the beginning of the Palestinian resistance movement and its adoption by Palestinian politician Yasser Arafat. [2] The more educated, urban Palestinians, or effendi, would wear the fez or tarboush, a deep-red felt hat popularised by Ottoman ruler Mahmud II and adopted by locals as a standard form of dress.On a quiet street in Hebron, in the West Bank, down a short driveway and through an unremarkable doorway, I discover the last outpost of an invaluable piece of Palestinian culture.