How to Use keffiyeh in a Sentence
keffiyeh
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The person who lit the flag has their face covered with a keffiyeh.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
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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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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
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An African-American man with a keffiyeh draped over his head stepped onto a small stage.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2020
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The 40-year-old victim, who has been revealed to be Ashish Prashar, was wearing a black and white Palestinian scarf known as a keffiyeh at the time.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
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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
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Sanchez donned a pale yellow keffiyeh, a Palestinian checkered black and white scarf, that was gifted to her by a friend.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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Two of the men were wearing traditional Arab keffiyeh scarves.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2023
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At the end of last week, a Columbia social work graduate in zip ties and a keffiyeh ripped their diploma folder on stage.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
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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
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Behind one of the gates, where campus police guarded access, a female student in a keffiyeh led pro-Palestinian chants with the help of a megaphone.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
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The clip also features the singer and their background dancers waving Palestinian flags and wearing suits accented with keffiyeh scarves.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 June 2024
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At the first semifinal’s opening act, one performer managed to sneak in a political statement, singing with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf tied around his wrist.
—Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2024
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Using a text-to-image generator tool, Kawash created a series of images of a cat wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh headdress in front of holy sites in Jerusalem.
—Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
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Some members of the graduating class showed support for Palestinians in Gaza by tying keffiyeh scarves around their shoulders on top of their black graduation robes.
—Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
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Two opposing protesters—one holding an Israeli flag, one in a keffiyeh—engage in a heated discussion.
—Nina Berman, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
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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
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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
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Sacramento museum staff report keffiyeh ban, via Emma Hall.
—Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
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