keffiyeh

noun

kef·fi·yeh

less common spelling of kaffiyeh

: an Arab headdress consisting of a square of cloth folded to form a triangle and held on by a cord

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Her design of O’Toole’s full-length desert robe outfit included gold brocade trim, a long silk shirt (created in London and embroidered with a white silk pattern in Damascus), a fine cream wool keffiyeh with an ivory wool and gilt agal. —

Rhett Bartlett, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2025 This past Christmas, the Vatican's Nativity scene had a newborn Jesus resting in a manger while wrapped in a keffiyeh—considered a symbol of pro-Palestinian activism. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025 Next to the altar where Isaac delivers sermons is an unusual Nativity scene: For the second Christmas in a row, the baby Jesus is wrapped in a keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, and nestled on a pile of rubble. —

Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024 Pope Francis swaddled the Baby Jesus in a keffiyeh. —

Melvin Backman, Quartz, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for keffiyeh