The kaffiyeh is a square-shaped hand-woven checkered scarf with a wavy motif around the border– representing olive leaves—and ...

Wearing the kufiya for the Palestinian people became a symbol of resistance, aided by then-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat who helped popularise the kufiyah to a global audience. Yasser Arafat ...

On April 30, 1980 six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy in London. They took 26 embassy staff and visitors hostage. A six ...

He characteristically draped the scarf over his right shoulder, arranging it in a triangular shape resembling the borders of the territories claimed as Palestine. Arafat ultimately became so ...

Keffiyeh is a traditional Middle Eastern scarf, which is associated with the Palestinian people largely thanks to political leader Yasser Arafat, who adopted a black-and-white fishnet pattern ...

Politics Nov 12 Gunfire Shatters Rally in Gaza Strip, Killing at Least 6 At least six people were killed and 80 wounded Monday, when gunfire erupted at a Fatah memorial rally for Yasser Arafat in ...

AFP/Mount Arafat, Saudi Arabia Published on June 15, 2024 | 05:19 PM More than 1.5 million Muslims braved extreme heat to reach Mount Arafat on Saturday for the high point of the annual haj ...

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Across the world in protests demanding an end to Israel's war in Gaza, demonstrators have worn the black-and-white keffiyeh head scarf ... leader Yasser Arafat, who was rarely ...

Confusion arose on Tuesday over the reported arrest of Mohammad A Arafat, the former state minister for information and broadcasting, following conflicting statements from the Dhaka Metropolitan ...

New York City’s Noguchi Museum said yesterday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing ...