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keffiyeh

American

[kuh-fee-uh] / kəˈfi ə /

noun

a traditional scarf or headdress commonly worn by Arab men, made of a square piece of cloth often woven in a checkered pattern: when worn as a headdress, it is kept in place with an agal.

keffiyeh British

/ kɛˈfiːjə /

noun

a cotton headdress worn by Arabs

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noun

keffiyehs

plural

Etymology

Origin of keffiyeh

C19: from Arabic, perhaps from Late Latin cofea _coif

Example Sentences

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Holding a yellow rose and wearing a keffiyeh, Meriem Hadjal, 38, said she was detained on board one of the boats on Monday then transferred to Israel.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Pictures of the three women dressed in clothing in the colours of the Palestinian flag and keffiyeh scarves for their court appearances went viral online.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

The rappers wore military vests and keffiyeh scarves, and performed 30 minutes of protest songs that collided hip-hop, funk and metal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

The Baltimore native is Jewish, but has been wearing a keffiyeh scarf to the protests.

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

Yet he looked at me from beneath his red-checkered keffiyeh with eyes burning fiercely, refusing to be humbled by his age.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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