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Naturally, should Mara Liasson appear on Fox News Sundaywearing a scarf that vaguely resembles a keffiyah, well ... then political correctness will become the brilliant ally of the shrill.
Juan Williams Fired For All-Too-Common Offense In Media: Defaming Muslims The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Enter BIG GAY ALADDIN sporting a flamboyant pink keffiyah and high heels.
Wajahat Ali: "East Park": A Satire on the South Park Prophet Muhammad Controversy 2010
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Enter BIG GAY ALADDIN sporting a flamboyant pink keffiyah and high heels.
Wajahat Ali: "East Park": A Satire on the South Park Prophet Muhammad Controversy 2010
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However, the video's keffiyah (headscarf) wearing, knife-wielding 'Arabs' and other members of the 'Flotilla Choir' clearly aren't Turks or Gazans.
Eileen Read: The Jerusalem Post Should Fire Caroline Glick for Making a Racist Video 2010
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The image of the woman of the Palmah, with keffiyah on her head and rifle on her shoulder, fighting alongside the men, accompanying convoys to Jerusalem, operating a walkie-talkie at the height of battle or tending to a wounded warrior, was deeply rooted in the tales of the war and during the early days of statehood gradually grew to mythic proportions.
Palmah. 2009
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One person flashes a peace sign, the other holds a keffiyah out of the window as they pass.
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Then they grabbed him by the keffiyah around his neck and pulled him away.
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Then they grabbed him by the keffiyah around his neck and pulled him away.
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Sorry, but wearing a keffiyah around the neck has been part of Euro-left anti-Israel chic for a few years now.
Doughnuts: The Third Rail of American Politics? - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Similarily, the men in desert countries often wear a keffiyah across their noses, showing only their eyes, which are also shaded by the way the turban is folded, for the same reason.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2008
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