keffiyeh

• kaffiyah, kuffiyeh, kufiya, kufiyah, kufiyya

From Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya). Doublet of kofia.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈfiː(j)ə/

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• enPR: kə'fi-ə

keffiyeh (plural keffiyehs)

1. A headdress traditionally worn by some Arabs, also used as a scarf.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shemagh

   • 2015, Joe Sacco, Palestine, Fantagraphics, →ISBN, page 31:

     This guy's already awake! And chipper! He wraps on a keffiyeh!

   • 2024 November 9, Maya Yang, “Anti-Trump protests erupt across US from New York City to Seattle”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Speaking to a crowd of demonstrators, some of whom dressed in raincoats while others wore keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s deadly war on Gaza, one demonstrator said: “Any president that has come to power has also let workers down.”

   • 2025 June 27, Lila Hempel-Edgers, Damenica Ellis, “Protesters gathered in uptown Charlotte to oppose Trump bombing of Iran sites”, in The Charlotte Observer‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 July 2025, Politics & Government‎^[3]:

     The group assembled in Romare Bearden Park shortly after 6 p.m., just barely outnumbering a dozen city police officers stationed in clusters around the area’s edge. The crowd grew to more than 50 people within the hour, many draped in keffiyehs and hoisting Palestinian flags high above their heads.

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