How to Use keffiyeh in a Sentence

keffiyeh

noun

• The person who lit the flag has their face covered with a keffiyeh.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
• At the time, two of the men were wearing the black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarves.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
• Cyrus Mayer burst into the room, wearing a keffiyeh head scarf and a white shawl soaked with faux blood.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• The keffiyeh is a scarf worn mainly in the Middle East, though it is frequently worn as a headdress.
  — Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 July 2024
• An African-American man with a keffiyeh draped over his head stepped onto a small stage.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2020
• The 40-year-old victim, who has been revealed to be Ashish Prashar, was wearing a black and white Palestinian scarf known as a keffiyeh at the time.
  — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2023
• Students sang and danced in a circle in front of the statue of John Harvard, the school’s namesake, draped with a keffiyeh (scarf), as dozens of others looked on.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
• Students sang and danced in a circle in front of the statue of John Harvard, the school’s namesake, draped with a keffiyeh (scarf), as dozens of others looked on.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
• Sanchez donned a pale yellow keffiyeh, a Palestinian checkered black and white scarf, that was gifted to her by a friend.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The last look was a bridal piece styled with a keffiyeh, and the show music was used to address the world's current political climate at large.
  — Nawal Sari, refinery29.com, 23 May 2024
• Carlson appeared in court wearing glasses and a keffiyeh on his head.
  — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 2 May 2024
• Two of the men were wearing traditional Arab keffiyeh scarves.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2023
• At the end of last week, a Columbia social work graduate in zip ties and a keffiyeh ripped their diploma folder on stage.
  — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
• The team’s reception in Doha has been warm, with many in the stands waving Palestinian flags or holding up keffiyeh scarves to show their support.
  — Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
• One young Black woman in the front wears a black-and-white keffiyeh, a prominent symbol of Palestinian resistance.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
• Behind one of the gates, where campus police guarded access, a female student in a keffiyeh led pro-Palestinian chants with the help of a megaphone.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
• The event began with a book drive where literature on Palestinian history and merch like keffiyeh scarves were sold.
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024
• The clip also features the singer and their background dancers waving Palestinian flags and wearing suits accented with keffiyeh scarves.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 June 2024
• At the first semifinal’s opening act, one performer managed to sneak in a political statement, singing with a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf tied around his wrist.
  — Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2024
• Using a text-to-image generator tool, Kawash created a series of images of a cat wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh headdress in front of holy sites in Jerusalem.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
• Some members of the graduating class showed support for Palestinians in Gaza by tying keffiyeh scarves around their shoulders on top of their black graduation robes.
  — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
• Additional video showed an egg thrown at a pro-Palestinian activist and a man wearing a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, chased and punched on the ground by a man wearing a Jewish yarmulke or kippah.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 24 June 2024
• Two opposing protesters—one holding an Israeli flag, one in a keffiyeh—engage in a heated discussion.
  — Nina Berman, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
• Over the years, fans and players have also regularly worn the keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf, to matches and the Palestinian flag can be seen in the stands of the team’s La Cisterna stadium at every home game.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• Other signs of global Palestinian solidarity include keys, spoons, olives, doves, poppies, and the keffiyeh scarf.
  — Anna Furman, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2024
• Ali Carleton, a 22-year-old UCF graduate student, was one of a handful of people who attended the trustees meeting wearing a keffiyeh, showing their opposition to the regulation.
  — Alissa Gary, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024
• Sacramento museum staff report keffiyeh ban, via Emma Hall.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
• For example, efforts to ban the keffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf that is a cultural but not religious piece of clothing, are very specifically targeting Palestinians.
  — Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 5 June 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024