Recently spotted at a mall in West Jerusalem in a Zara department store was none other than a mannequin draped in -- you guessed it -- a kaffiyeh.
(Or: keffiyah, keffiyeh, kufiyah, kaffiya, kafiya, gutra, hatta, shemagh...)
(Or, for our friends hailing from the Department of I Know a Terrorist When My Government Tells Me I See One: THE PALESTINIAN TERRORIST SCARF!!!!)
Scared? You should be. Looks like those Jackie O shades are here to stay.
You'd think that Zara would be a little more careful with its product line, particularly since the Spanish retailer's domestic marketing rights are owned by an Israeli investments company, Africa-Israel. And not more than three months ago, Zara apologized to ultra-Orthodox jews after accidentally selling a men's suit in its Israeli stores that contained a mix of materials considered to be non-kosher. Something about how the suit utilized a thread combination of various fabrics that tasted like meat and dairy with a side of bacon... or something.
But that was a pork suit -- this is the kuffiyah kraze we're talking about now! And hey, when it comes to making dough off of the commodification of Palestinian nationalism and resistance, well...
Let's just say that perhaps the ADL needs to condemn Africa-Israel for affirming a certain Jewish stereotype.
[Tarboush tip: Diana]
13 comments:
Seems almost as if the bandanas I used to wear were actually Kafiryas or whatever! Who knew!? And all this time, I thought those were mexican!
By the way, Jesus wore a Kafeqya too, only I think he called it a prayer shawl. The Jewish colors for the Korflunkya was blue and white, kinda like the Israeli flag. Those damn Palestinian activists must have found a time travel machine, no?
PS-You really don't know a damn thing about the middle east, do you QuiQui?
QuyiQui
accidentally selling a men's suit in its Israeli stores that contained a mix of materials considered to be non-kosher.
You do know that Islamic rules for what is halal are basically identical to Jewish rules for what is kosher, right?
If there are actually any Arab Muslim contributers to this site - you see what happens when you let western atheists like Will and QuiQui contribute on your blog? They go off on these tangents (will with circumcision, QuiQui with dishrags, etc) and make actual Palestinians look even more retarded than they already do.
Any excuse to bring back your fascination with Will's penis, hey programmer crackhead?
It's not my fault Will chose to advertise the fact that he's uncut as a show of "solidarity" with Palestinians and Arabs :O
Kiki, why aren't you blogging about this!?
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It is not a keffiyah. It is a scarf with the colors of the Gay Pride rainbow.
fuck.
criminals!
damn it! they have beautiful fashion
thanks for the info i bought some Zara items whilst I was in Jordan!
do you know if that makes MANGO also involved?
Someone tell Will to check his lame-o email so he can see what I just sent him about a certain celeb clutching a kuffiyeh so ya'll little niggaz can put it on the blog.
Thanks Catholic Sunni Shia for the email. It has become an editorial board meeting item, and should be posted soon.
I just sent him about a certain celeb clutching a kuffiyeh
Was he using it as a beach towel? :P
Oh, I see why this is so important to QuiQui! She pointed out before that she is an anarchist, and I have just now discovered that the kaffiya has become an American anarchist symbol.
http://www.ainfos.ca/02/oct/ainfos00163.html
What better team could there be than US anarchists, and Palestinian militants? You guys are really going to gain a lot of ground in the court of public opinion that way :P
I'm living in Berkeley, and I've seen this clothing choice on a whole lot of extremely attractive 20-something college girls. I personally think it looks good, though wearing it is attached to a whole lot of political implications.
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