Comments on KABOBfest: Modern Chronology of the Keffiyah Kraze

ooooooooooo im so scared mr/ms anonymous who is th...

2008-09-14T00:21:00.000-07:00

ooooooooooo im so scared mr/ms anonymous who is threatening to take more of our land... truth is.. while we were afraid of u before, those days are gone...so YOU had better watch your back... because soon, u'll be meat loaf :)

Kaffiyah = checkered toilet paper for wiping up th...

2008-06-03T13:32:00.000-07:00

Kaffiyah = checkered toilet paper for wiping up the blood of schmuckistinians who have work accidents on their way to blow up jewish womenn and children.

Here's a hot tip, achmed- Arabs have 14 million sq miles of land - leave israel alone or you will have NONE

and now Rachel Ray has been charged by the right o...

2008-05-30T06:04:00.000-07:00

and now Rachel Ray has been charged by the right of embracing "hate couture"

Nima Jamal is a great designer!Her work is great, ...

2008-02-12T10:56:00.000-08:00

Nima Jamal is a great designer!
Her work is great, the way she uses the hatta/keffiyah is amazing.
but she has skills in making gowns and other outfits and such too.
Shes a great image of Palestinian success.

great article! linked to it in my recent blog post...

2007-11-07T05:28:00.000-08:00

great article! linked to it in my recent blog post about the keffiyah - thanks for all the info, though it is depressing.

June 12, 2007: Former marine media liaison officer...

2007-09-19T07:34:00.000-07:00

June 12, 2007:
Former marine media liaison officer and now correspondent for Al Jazeera International, Josh Rushing reveals himself to be of the red- and white-checkered persuasion. He appears on the cover of his June 2007 book _Mission Al-Jazeera_ swathed in a keffiyeh, ready to defend the honor of AJ and to "build a bridge, seek the truth, change the world." I personally think he chose the red b/c it brings out his startlingly blue eyes. Anyway, go Josh!

One of the best Kabobfest blog posts ever. Good sh...

2007-07-21T14:06:00.000-07:00

One of the best Kabobfest blog posts ever. Good shit!

Your scarf has been discontinued and not caried an...

2007-07-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

Your scarf has been discontinued and not caried anymore by Delia's or whatever. Too bad, soo sad, you lose again.

Perpetual loosers.

Yeah! I'm really PISSED!!! So pissed, I plan on b...

2007-07-18T16:01:00.000-07:00

Yeah! I'm really PISSED!!! So pissed, I plan on burning an effigy wearing a Kuffiyah.

Please QuiQui, you've been a professional activist for so long you actually think real, working, productive people care as much as you do. We have lives outside of protests, marches, and chants.

But whatever makes you feel important and like you've made an impact in this world I guess, you will so believe.

I think the best part about doing the research on ...

2007-07-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

I think the best part about doing the research on the Keffiyah Kraze was reading about how pissed (and I mean PISSED!)the Zionut movement keeps getting everytime a new celebrity wears it, designer adopts it, or if anyone so much as mentions it.

Anon 1:23, thanks for contributing to the delicious joy.

Yum.

Viva Saint Pancake!! Viva Yassin!! Viva Suha Ara...

2007-07-18T13:25:00.000-07:00

Viva Saint Pancake!! Viva Yassin!! Viva Suha Arafat!!

Her name doesn't sound like duntz for nothing. I'...

2007-07-18T13:23:00.000-07:00

Her name doesn't sound like duntz for nothing. I'd be really proud too if ignorant people took up my cause as well! Yeah, great advocates.

"Kirsten, can you tell us about the plight of the Palestinian people and your wearing of the Kaffiyah?"

"Um, I just love how this dishrag covers my neck! I mean, it totally matches the Mao bag that Camren Diaz gave me after her visit to Peru! Like, it's so cool to be a trend setter, I mean, setting trends, and stuff like that. Oooh, is that David Beckham over there?!?? What did you say about the pale people again? I think Al Goracle is working on shipping them raisins or tanning beds or something like that. I'll find out from my SUV driver or private jet pilot on my way back from the Live Earth concert!"

Programmer Craig Gets paid every time someone post...

2007-07-17T18:59:00.000-07:00

Programmer Craig Gets paid every time someone posts a comment to something he says. Stop responding to him.

Hamas television, which was criticized for a Micke...

2007-07-17T08:38:00.000-07:00

Hamas television, which was criticized for a Mickey Mouse-like character named Farfur who spouted anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish nostrums at children, has replaced the mouse with a bee named Nahoul, who says he is Farfur’s cousin.

Farfur was beaten to death by an Israeli who wanted his land on the previous episode of the children’s show “Tomorrow’s Pioneers.”

Nahoul, the bee, says: “I want to continue on the path of Farfur, the path of ‘Islam is the solution.’ The path of heroism, the path of martyrdom, the path of jihad warriors.”

In the name of Farfur, the bee says, “we shall take revenge on the enemies of Allah, the murderers of the prophets, the murderers of innocent children, until Al Aksa will be liberated from their filth.”

Palestinian Media Watch, an Israeli group that monitors Palestinian media for anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish incitement, says the bee is referring to Jews and Israelis. Al Aksa refers to the mosque that is part of the Noble Sanctuary, a site holy to Muslims in Jerusalem on the Haram al-Sharif, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

AWESOME POST! And, if I do say so myself, that lit...

2007-07-17T08:20:00.000-07:00

AWESOME POST! And, if I do say so myself, that little boy wearing a Jordanian Kuffiyeh, is mighty cute. I hear he's grown to become quite the handsome fellow.

What we need next is a modern chronology of Israeli expropriations - starting with al-Nakbeh and working its way all the way down to... the Kuffiyeh.

i think this belongs on there. i remember watching...

2007-07-17T08:05:00.000-07:00

i think this belongs on there. i remember watching the opening ceremony on ABC news and the Israelis complaining about Erekat's scarf.

Symbols Abound At Peace Talks
RICHARD LORANT

1 November 1991

MADRID, Spain (AP) - An empty chair, an old photograph, a checkered keffiyeh.

Symbols have taken on enormous importance in a Middle East peace conference where delegates speak the same language - English - but do not seem to understand each other.

Even before the talks got under way at Madrid's 18th century Royal Palace, representatives of Israel and its Arab neighbors debated details like the shape of the table.

One of the most potent images in the Hall of Columns was that of Arab speakers delivering their arguments to an empty Israeli seat at the negotiating table. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir had left it vacant when he departed for Israel after his opening rebuttal.

Israeli delegates said Shamir left to avoid traveling on the Jewish Sabbath and antagonizing his governing coalition partners of the religious right. They said the Arabs knew about his planned early departure days ago, and denied it was a snub.

"This is not a matter of a symbol," said Israel's ambassador to Washington, Zalman Shoval. "It has more to do with internal politics than external politics."

But chief Palestinian negotiator Haidar Abdul-Shafi criticized Shamir for leaving the table early, saying the peace talks were more important.

Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa brandished his own symbol to punctuate a personal attack against the Israeli prime minister: a 1948 "wanted poster" with a photograph of Shamir.

The British had suspected Shamir, then a member of the underground Stern Gang, of involvement in the assassination of a U.N. envoy to what was then Palestine. Shamir aides deny he participated in the murder of the envoy, Swedish diplomat Count Folke Bernadotte.

At times, the delegates themselves appear frustrated over the interpretation of every detail of their demeanor.

"Why is it provocative? Why is it provocative?" demanded Palestinian delegate Saeb Erekat as he tugged the edges of his checkered scarf, or keffiyeh. He spoke to other delegates but with an eye to the press gallery in the Hall of Columns.

Erekat has been accused of trying to anger Israelis by wearing the keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat, among others.

The Israelis refuse to negotiate with the PLO, which they consider a terrorist organization. But it is an open secret that the PLO is deeply involved with the Palestinian delegation to the conference.

In 1987, Sandra Bullock had her first acting role ...

2007-07-17T07:35:00.000-07:00

In 1987, Sandra Bullock had her first acting role in a film called "Hangman." She had few appearances in the film, but among them, she was wearing a keffiyah. It was very random.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_KhaledThe pilot...

2007-07-16T22:20:00.000-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Khaled

The pilot diverted the aircraft to Heathrow airport in London, where Khaled was delivered to Ealing police station. On October 1, the British government released her as part of a prisoner exchange.

Leila Khaled served was held less than a month in jail after perpetrating at least two hijackings, before the British released her ins some kind of sleazy prisoner swap.

Good on you, Britain! Go ahead and set the high water mark fro counter-terrorism, fuckers.

That woman should be killed for what she did. I don't care if she is 73 years old. There is no statute of limitations on terrorism.

Maybe then, Palestinians will learn the right lessons, instead of the wrong ones. You know, the ones where terrorism actually gets rewarded, like it was in this Leila's case?

What do you think, QuiQui? You don't support terrorists do you? You know her partner who was killed in the second hijacking was Nicaraguan?

Are you on crack again, QuiQui? I've lived most of...

2007-07-16T22:09:00.000-07:00

Are you on crack again, QuiQui? I've lived most of my life in areas that are popular with Arab immigrants and I've never (not once) seen a man wearing one of those things on his head, here.

The wrestler wore the kuffiya (with 'iqaal) when h...

2007-07-16T16:08:00.000-07:00

The wrestler wore the kuffiya (with 'iqaal) when he was playing a persian, the Iron Sheik, (which he actually was). Ironically, he stopped wearing it when he became Colonel Mustapha, playing an Iraqi, in favor of a beret. The semiotics of that guy are off the chart. Entering the ring with a pro-monarchy flag while trying to embody the islamic revolution, etc.