Arab influence
KABOBbits: Snack on These
Get ready for some anti-Arab wingnutism. An Abu Dhabi fund purchased the famed Chrysler building in New York. Americans who wigged out at the deal giving an Arab-owned companies management over American ports may find a new cause here. Or maybe not, since it is a fait accompli. Unlike the ports episode, this may be [...]
Kuffiyah Kraze and Arabphilia in Ironic T-Shirts: Arabs Steal Che’s Iconic Thunder
Is it finally kool to associate the kuffiyah with palis and other Arabs? To buy a shirt described as an “Armed and Dangerous” look and one that portrays Palestinians as “Victimized”???? I wonder what Stand With US will have to say about this, especially since the shirt is being sold on Urban Outfitters’ website. This [...]
Ever Wondered How to Hit on an Arab Hottie?
Pali-Canadian rapper Arabesque gives you hopeless lads the key lines to get that raqam from a hot habibti on his latest jam, “How to Chop An Arab.” And *gasp*, not only does this A-rab wear kuffiyahs, but he actually waxes on about the phenomenon surrounding the bedouin orginating scarf quite wittyily on a blog on [...]
Arabic-philia in the Celebrity Tattoo World
As noted in an earlier post about the actress’s work with Iraqi refugees, Arabina Jolie, with a prominently displayed “3zeema”(“strength” or “will”) on her arm, appeared to be one of the few and possibly only celebrity with an Arabic tattoo on her body. Surprisingly, as recent internet pics have proven, this is not the case. [...]
Washington Post Reviews DAM CD
Kudos to the establishment newspaper for running an non-ideological review of DAM’s album, “Dedication.” DAM, for those who don’t know, is the premier Palestinian hip-hop group. LOST TRACKSGood CDs We Overlooked Last Year Wednesday, January 9,2008; C04WashingtonPost DEDICATIOND.A.M. Successful American rap artists squandered their political bully pulpit long ago. Now they’re bullies, plain and simple. [...]
Keffiyah Kraze finds market niche in the lazy/scarf-tying challenged/pressed-for-time among us
I’m not about to pretend to know who this KISER person is, but I must commend his/her/its new line of sweater/kuffiyah combinations as a breathtaking example of the entrepreneurial spirit, this time into the niche(?) market of the lazy. Not since the invention of the remote control, ladies and gentlemen… The company’s next move, KABOBfest’s [...]
Yet Another Kuffiyeh Spotting
Everlast – though it’s no big surprise, as I think he’s competing with Arafat for most consecutive days worn. By the New Year he’ll hold the world record. Pretty descent song though: Letters Home from the Garden of Stone [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0B7iYY-O4Q] For the record, I’ve stopped wearing the kuffiyeh altogether. I can’t risk being associated with [...]
The Kuffiya Kraze Goes Goth!
Seeing as the “Kuffiya Kraze” has become a “hot topic” on KABOBfest, I suppose that it’s only fitting Hot Topic starts selling them… Oh, you don’t know what Hot Topic is? It’s that really hip anti-hipster store in all the major malls that commercializes Goth to the point where high school freaks have begun wearing [...]
Keffiyeh Spotting: George W. Bush’s niece
Does Lauren Bush know what she’s doing? Because if she doesn’t, all that says is that she’s related to Bush. Carry on. Related: Kuffiya Kraze: Open DebateKUFFIYA KRAZE: You May Be ___ If Your Kuffiya Is ___KUFFIYAH KRAZE UPDATE: When a shekel’s a shekelModern Chronology of the Keffiyah Kraze
Kuffiya Kraze: Open Debate
With the critically acclaimed “Food & Liquor”, last year’s breakout hip hop rookie sports a red kuffiya on the front of this month’s “Leader’s of the New School” XXL mag cover as he discusses his much-anticipated folllow-up. The rest of the “New School Leaders” are dressed in the cover’s red, white and black color theme [...]
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