kaffiyeh

Also ku·fi·yeh,
Or kef·fi·yeh

[kuh-fee-uh]

noun

1. an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.

kaffiyeh

/ kæˈfiːjə /

noun

1. a variant of keffiyeh

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaffiyeh¹

< Arabic kaffīyah, variant of kuffīyeh

Example Sentences

So when police started to pull the man away and he dropped a red kaffiyeh, or traditional Arab headdress, Kalin picked it up and tried to return it to him, he said.

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"He pulls out a red kaffiyeh and he was like, 'I did this for Gaza. Free Palestine. There's only one solution. Intifada revolution', and he just kept yelling 'free Palestine'."

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They hoisted Eygi’s body, draped in a Palestinian flag and a black-and-white kaffiyeh, and denounced the young women’s death as the cold-blooded murder of a peaceful protester.

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Flanked by more than a dozen supporters draped in kaffiyeh scarves, Alawieh broke into an impassioned plea, addressing Biden and Harris.

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Videos circulating on social media show a trickle of students, many waving kaffiyehs and Palestinian flags, get up from their chairs as Stanford President Richard Saller delivers his speech to the graduating class.

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