This is Michelle Malkin on a keffiyeh.
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Showing posts with label keffiyeh. Show all posts
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Deutschbag Keffiyeh
This is what happens when you miss checking your RSS feed for about a month or two.
A German artist has produced a keffiyeh-inspired pattern for the erectile-dysfunctionite communists among us with the penchants for illicit drugs, butt plugs, and safer sex. The pattern incorporates hammers and sickles, Viagras, condoms, and various objects to be inserted into the mouth and/or rectum.
He shall call it... the "keffiyeh Feigale."
Finding English-language information about the artist on the internets is proving difficult. All roads point to the site Crisco Connection, which is no longer active. I was able to find the Google Cached version:Kaum ein Kleidungsstück tritt einem dieser Tage derart geballt ins Auge wie ein schwarz-weiß gemustertes Stück Stoff, das in Deutschland seit Jahrzehnten unter dem Namen Palituch für jugendliche Rebellion, Nonkonformität und 3. Welt-Solidarität stand, all dem also, was ein paar Jahre später in bausparvertragunter- füttertes Gutmenschentum und bioladengestützte Gewissensbe- reinigung mündet. Ob Bravo, Springer oder Süddeutsche Zeitung (die FAZ war wie immer schneller) - das Phänomen hat sich schon längst von den Hälsen schlecht gekleideter Systemopposition in die Schaufensterdekorationen und Onlinestores der neuen deutschen Republik gewunden. Auch in den Resten einer radikalen Linken tobt der Streit um Deutung und Vereinnahmung, ein Streit, der munter auch Bizarres zu Tage fördert und von einem Kindergartenbattle um die richtige Turnschuhmarke kaum mehr zu unterscheiden ist.
Wir Distinktionsgewinnler von der Crisco-Connection bieten jetzt einen exklusiven Ausweg aus dieser verfahrenen Fashionsituation und freuen uns sehr, euch hiermit die “Kufiya Feigale” präsentieren zu können. Ein Exemplar der in schwarz und blau erhältlichen, im Design aus Pillen mit Hammer-und-Sichel-Logo, Butt-Plugs, Kondomen, Viagras und Davidsternen bestehenden und auf 100 Stück limitierten ersten Auflage könnt ihr hier bestellen. Wer dahinter jetzt aber die mit Kommunismus und sexueller Freizügkeit assoziierte “jüdische Weltverschwörung” wittert, dem können selbst wir nicht mehr helfen.
Does anyone out the speak Deutsch? Here's the Google translation:Hardly a garment is one of those days so concentrated in the eye like a black-eyed white piece of cloth, which in Germany for decades under the name Pali cloth for juvenile rebellion, non-conformity and 3 World Solidarity stood, all of what a few years later in bausparvertragunter-futtertes Gutmenschentum and bioladengestutzte Gweissenbe treatment end. Whether Bravo, Springer or Suddeutsche Zeitung (FAZ was always faster) - the phenomenon has already long necks of the system poorly dressed opposition in the shop window decorations and online stores of the new German Republic wound. Also in the remains of a radical left raging dispute over the interpretation and appropriation of a dispute, the perk also Bizarres to light and promotes a kindergarten Battle Turn to the right shoe brand hardly be distinguished.
We Distinktionsgewinnler of Crisco Connection now offer an exclusive way out of this situation verfahrenen fashion and we look forward very much to you herewith the "keffiyeh Feigale" present. A copy of the black and blue available in the design pills with hammer and sickle logo, Butt-Plugs, condoms, David Viagras stars existing and limited to 100 pieces first edition can be found. Who behind but now with communism and sexual Freizugkeit associate "Jewish world conspiracy" wittert, even we can no longer help.
Does anyone speak Google Translator?
REPORT: Keffiyehs allow Whites to be picked out of crowds for dating or mocking purposes
From STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE:
“I like the guy in the white American Apparel shirt with the glasses.”
“Which one? there are eight.”
“The guy with the keffiyeh.”
“Oh yeah, you’re right. He does look smarter and more political than the other guys. He’s clearly more sensitive to wind, so he’s probably more sensitive in general. You should totally date him.”
[Tarboush Tip: Abbas]
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Reason #12,033,343,343,01 why capitalism sucks
After a global campaign was launched to boycott Dunkin' Donuts for its bigotted removal of a commercial featuring one Rachael Ray wearing a scarf that looked a little too Arab (see: "Dunkin' Zionuts") the reaction from the UAE's Dunkin' Donuts regional offices is not surprising in the least. If they would have supported the boycott I think I would have had real hope that Palestine would be free within my lifetime. Or, at the very least, that the Israelis would let Fadi's ass back in sometime this decade.
Instead (of course), the UAE's Dunkin' Donuts regional offices justify their support of dropping the ad with a delicious, "From a business point of view... It's the smart thing to do."
Gotta love them over at the United ARAB Emirates. But another example of how capitalism stopped being just about money a long time ago. Capitalism is not about selling things or buying things; it's about how we treat each other. Its logic -- the logic of greed, individualism and excess -- defines our everyday morality, and in turn, eats our spines until there's nothing left to take a stand with.US chain in region 'not to blame'
DUBAI: Boycotting Dunkin' Donuts in the region would amount to punishing a blameless party, said a representative of the doughnut chain following calls for a global boycott due to its perceived succumbing to anti-Arab sentiments in the US.
Dunkin' Donuts has been at the centre of a heated controversy for withdrawing an advertisement featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray wearing a scarf that looks like the Arab ghutra, known in Palestine as the kafiyyah.
The decision to withdraw the advertisement came after right-wing bloggers in the US criticised the chain for "supporting terrorism" by dressing Ray in the scarf, which one blogger called "jihad chic".
Following the removal, US-based anti-war group Answer launched a global boycott campaign against Dunkin' Donuts.
While defending the decision by Dunkin' Donuts to withdraw the advertisement, David Rogers, general manager of Dunkin' Donuts for the UAE and Kuwait, said the chain's regional offices have no say over what the head office in the United States does.
"We support their decision [to withdraw the advertisement] from a business point of view ... any business would do it. It's the smart thing to do," said Rogers. "We would be penalised for something we have no say over."
The group Answer said in a statement that the global boycott would "send a powerful message to Dunkin' Donuts and other corporations who engage in racism or pandering to anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racists".
From GulfNews.com
Thursday, May 29, 2008
OLBERMANN: Boycott Dunkin' Donuts for giving into fascists like Michelle Malkin
The [Worst Person in the World] winners tonight: Dunkin' Donuts of Canton, Massachussetts. The unbearable Rachael Ray in an ad for the donut and coffee chain to which the lunatic fringe responded in an apoplexy of xenophobic paranoia because that -- that thing around her neck, that is not just a stupid scarf, they think that is what Yasser Arafat used to wear on his head. See it's, it's "jihadist chic" and having already driven business to Dunkin' Donuts by applauding its supposed stance in favor of tough immigration laws, the Right threatened to boycott. So what did Dunkin' Donuts do? They folded. They were as weak as their decaf:
"In a recent online ad, Rachel Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended, however, given the possibilty of misperception we are no longer using the commercial." (DUNKIN' DONUTS STATEMENT)
They pulled the ad? Because of the "possibility of misperception" by the right-wing equivalence of jihadists. The people in this country who most closely share the mentalities of the terrorists. Who act the most like Middle Eastern nut jobs who:
You know, the Michelle Malkins of the world. And you gave in to them? Because they merely mentioned the possibility of a boycott? How about this... how about the rest of us boycott Dunkin' Donuts for giving into fascists like Michele Malkin? And for giving way to perhaps the most absurd idea the lunatic fringers have ever belched forth.
They think there are terrorist scarves! TERRORIST SCARVES! Dunkin' Donuts. Time to stop buying the donuts.
Today's worst persons (terrorist scarves...?!) of the world.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Stand Back, Maytha is Big-Time Now
Stand back because you are now a nobody.
Our very own Paris Hilton, Maytha, made an audio-version-of-an-appearance on The Wire, an Australian community radio program, to talk about the kuffiyah's popularity, of which her extensive coverage right here has made her somewhat of an expert.
The piece, which you can download, is called "A new fashion trend stirs emotions in the Arab community."
She will destroy your universe.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
McCain Steps Up Kuffiyah Kraze Contest
Not to be outdone in the Kuffiyah-spotting contest, yes it could determine the next President, Republican candidate John McCain is now trotting his daughter around in a purple kuffiyah (see the above picture, which "she" -- not "they" -- posted on "her" -- not the "campaign's" blog).
Is it a coincidence that this we found this picture only minutes after exposing an Obama supporter's Islamofashionism (see below)?
This seems to be a slick move on the McCain campaign's part to win the Palestinian/angry left's votes. Is he seeking the highly touted KABOBendorsement, which is worth at least 1/20th a superdelegate in terms of electoral influence?
By using his daughter, he also keeps a safe distance from potential controversy from all the right-wing hams he's been carefully courting. Very slick, my friend, very slick. Can we be the first to give him the moniker "Slick Johnny"? (how original, I know)
[tarboush tip: Jonah and Michal]
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Go Quiqui!!!!
This is the hottest kuffiyehspotting I've seen in a looooooooong time.
Click here to see images of some not-so-hot kuffiyehspottings. (The kid with the flag, the table, and the close-up of eyes excluded.)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Keffiyeh Spotting: America's favorite hillbilly
[Tarboush tip: Shai]
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VIDEO: "Islamo-Fashion: Keffiyeh infiltrates our nation's youth"
STORY: Modern Chronology of the Kaffiya Kraze
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Keffiyeh infiltrates our nation's youth
Friday, August 03, 2007
KUFFIYAH KRAZE UPDATE: When a shekel's a shekel
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]
Monday, July 16, 2007
Modern Chronology of the Keffiyah Kraze
1906-1910 >
While conducting thesis fieldwork in Syria and Palestine, T.E. Lawrence discovers keffiyahs to be useful both for keeping out the cold and for keeping out the heat.
1921
Rudolph Valentino and his kuffiya star in silent film, The Sheik.
1926
Kufiya and Valentino reunited for The Son of the Sheik. Still no sound.
Mid-Late 1930s
The kuffiyah becomes symbol of Palestinian nationalism and an expression of class struggle against British occupation. British army chief proposes jailing any Palestinian who wears keffiyah. Is overruled by his superiors who kindly ask him to bloody shut the fuck up already, you chattering hen.
Tea, anyone?
1962
Peter O'Toole in white keffiyeh as T.E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia. Oscar goes to... Gregory Peck.
Mid 1960s
Kaffiyahs begin to appear in U.S. within anti-Vietnam war movement. Activists on anti-imperialist left declare solidarity with Palestinians.
Kaffiyahs begin to appear in U.S. within anti-Vietnam war movement. Activists on anti-imperialist left declare solidarity with Palestinians.
Arafat adopts scarf. Drapes it over shoulder into the shape of Palestine.
1970
Leila Khaled gives gender the finger by wearing previously masculine kuffiyah in style of hijab. Is immediately re-gendered by prepubescent school boys by becoming pin-up sensation of choice.
1983 >
Professional wrestler, The Iron Sheik, signs with WWF to personify every negative stereotype about the Middle East in case you didn't already have them. At autograph signing event in Detroit, reports surface of a five year-old brat named Will repeatedly yanking kaffiyeh off of Sheik's head.
1988
After several unsuccessful attempts, Fayyad finally consults the Guide to Wrapping your Keffiyah into a Mask so you can Creep the Streets of Jenin Spraying Anti-Occupation Graffiti. The event later inspires him to author his own series of "How To" guides while in college, including the Guide to Campus Divestment from Israel, the Guide to Stirring Creamer in Coffee, and the Guide to Stirring Creamer in Salma Hayek's Coffee.
Three months into Palestinian intifada, CBS reports being puzzled by keffiyah sightings on Americans. Time magazine teaches Americans how to pronounce "keh-fee-yah" and assures parents: "It’s just an accessory… The ethnic type of look is in right now… The idea that it’s political is ridiculous."
1990 >
Big pimpin' in the 4th grade, school principal confiscates Nadeem's keffiyah after the girls in his class report his presence to be "simply too terrorgasmic to concentrate."
1991
Street keffiyah-wearing wanes around the U.S. in light of Persian Gulf War. Arab Americans report feeling afraid to wear it. Scarf remains ubiquitous among anti-War movement.
April 2001
Sting performs in front of pyramids at Giza. Unable to decide which color keffiyah best matches his eyes.
June 2001
Raf Simons takes up keffiyahs on Spring 2002 collection. Simons says: "They are not terrorists. They are fighters for independence and freedom."
September 2001
Hate crimes against U.S. Arabs increase. Peace activists intensify keffiyah-wearing in solidarity.
May 2002
Columbia University students wear keffiyahs to graduation ceremony in solidarity with Palestine.
March 20, 2003 >
At Baghdad's Fashion Week, George W. Bush's new ready-to-wear line introduces the "Blood-stained Keffiyah." Continues to be hottest accessory on streets to date.
November 2003
Never one to turn down a dare (especially not after last call) Fayyad masks himself in keffiyah and walks up and down Madison's State Street. Freaks out drunken university students.
January 2004
AP photographer snaps a picture of Howard Dean wearing a keffiyah during Presidential primaries. In spin control, Dean's Jewish affairs adviser, Matt Dorf, explains scarf was thrown over Dean's shoulders by a young supporter, and assures AIPAC and friends that it was yanked off "after four seconds."
November 2004
"Keffiyah" gets her own Wikipedia page. Fights begin over her history, symbolism, and most importantly -- her spelling and variations. Official KABOBfest Style Guide: "Spell it every single way to increase search engine returns!" كوفية, keffiyeh, keffiye, keffiyah, kefiyah, kefiya, kefiyat, kaffiyeh, kaffiyah, kaffiya, kafiya, kufiyah, kuffiyah, kufiya, shmagh, shemagh, gutra, hatta...
January 2005
Hugo Chavez dons keffiyah at World Social Forum. Does not apologize.
February 17, 2005
Village Voice reports: "Arafat's trademark scarf is now military chic"
May 2005 >
Brazilian soccer star, Ronaldo, wears keffiyah while visiting Palestine during 57th Al Nakba.
July 2005
Ricky Martin poses for photos with keffiyah draped over shoulders while visiting Jordan for Arab Children's Congress. Announces support for the Palestinian cause and for refugees' right of return.
August 2005
After his people ask him to remember "just who signs your paychecks around here," Ricky Martin apologizes for wardrobe malfunction. Blames Jordanian children for putting keffiyah on his shoulders without realizing what it represented. Insists he was taken advantage of and as a special gesture, promises to play a concert in Israel on his next world tour the following spring.
December 8, 2005
Matt Lauer suspected of wearing keffiyah to keep warm during filming of Today Show episode. Sparks Keffiyah-Gate.
January 2006 >
Jon Audarson of streetwear label Dead transforms keffiyah pattern into western shirt. Snaps photo of Quentin Tarantino rocking the mishmash of cultures.
International Herald Tribune reports, "Scarf morphs into iconic accessory." Chief editor of British GQ insists scarf has not lost its original political meaning.
April 2006
In LA Times article, "'Terrorist Chic' and Beyond," writer Daniel Hernandez examines the keffiyah kraze by wearing one. Looks in mirror and startles himself.
May 2006
Days before scheduled performance, Ricky Martin cancels Israeli debut due to low ticket sales. Promises to visit to Israel at an unspecified future date.
June 2006 >
Palestinian-American fashion designer Nemi Jamal spins keffiyah (hatta) into new forms of attire. Expresses desire to "take it further, expand on its possibilities and use it as clothing... I want to make the hatta into the bandanna of today."
July 2006
Spain’s Prime Minister Zapatero wears keffiyah at rally for young Socialists. Accuses Israel of using "abusive force" in its military operations.
Anti-Defamation League condemns Zapatero for his racist comments and wardrobe.
November 2006
Top Shop markets minimalist version of keffiyeh: "The Table Cloth Scarf."
December 2006
As part of spring fashion accessories line, Urban Outfitters begins sale of $20 keffiyahs marketed as "Anti-War Woven Scarves."
Manager of one New York Urban Outfitters store reports it to be his top selling scarf.
January 2007 >
Commodification takes unexpected turn with "Kaffieyh Yisraelit." Like the fate of hummus and the hookah, Israeli entrepreneurs now appropriate keffiyah, adorning it with miniature Stars of David. "It's going to be like the falafel," scarf-designer brags. Gets AIPAC, CAMERA, and Alan Dershowitz on speed dial to help convince Americans into believing keffiyah was Israel's first.
Urban Outfitters halts sale of keffiyah per Zionists' careful instructions. In lieu of pulling scarves, Canadian Urban Outfitters renames them "Shemagh Scarves." Continued commodification of Arabic culture assured in five fashion-friendly color variations.
February 2007 >
Anne Frank spotted all over Amsterdam in keffiyah. Chooses traditional red/white pattern over Kaffieyh Yisraelit.
French designer Nicholas Ghesquiere's "Balenciaga Scarf" appears in his collegiate-inspired ready-to-wear collection.
Keffiyah fad is "dead," declares fashion student Whats-Her-Name in New York Times article.
March 2007
Urban Outfitters near UCLA continuing sale of keffiyahs. Maytha dons undercover cultural reporter disguise (read: Maytha pretends to know nothing) and asks salesboy what "this" is. Salesboy responds with, "Oh, I think these are handmade, one of a kind, something special like that." (read: Salesboy pretends to know something)
Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor in keffiyah for latest video, "Survivalism."
April 2007 >
"Balenciaga Scarf" makes it on Style.com’s must-haves for Fall 2007.
David Beckham spotted wearing blue keffiyah in Madrid.
July 2007
Urban Outfitters' Keffiyah Kraze, Version 2: The Heart Woven Desert Scarf is "the Shemagh scarf with a girly touch." Available in bink and burble.
Teen clothing catalog, Alloy’s version: "The Riviera Scarf"
ASOS capitalizes on keffiyah in the style of Cameron Diaz with the "Rock Tassle Scarf in the style of Cameron Diaz"
ASOS capitalizes on keffiyahs in the style of Carl Barat and David Beckham with the "Libertines Check Scarf in the style of Carl Barat and David Beckham"
Teen Vogue declares Kirstin Dunst's brown number to be "Breezy, Global Chic." Right-wing blog visitors declare to now hate Kirstin Dunst.
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Special thanks to:
Ted Swedenburg and his work on the keffiyah, particularly his 1992 article in the Michigan Quarterly Review: "Seeing double: Palestinian/American histories of the kufiya." (v31.n4 (Fall 1992): pp557(21)). As you can probably tell by the title, it has great information on the history of the keffiyah -- kufiya -- however he spells it. Check out Dr. Swedenburg's excellent blog at: http://swedenburg.blogspot.com/
Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies' Meagan Bridges on her informative analysis: The Transnational Keffiyeh and the Politics of Style (April 10, 2007) where KABOBfest's very own Maytha makes a special guest appearance as footnotes #23 and #58!
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