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Many wore head coverings, including beanies, hoodies, hijabs and keffiyehs, and some had tape over their mouths to represent what they call Tabassum’s unjust silencing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

She then called her two boys and had a "painful conversation", in which she suggested they avoid wearing their keffiyehs in public.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023

Protestors got around rules banning national flags by instead wearing keffiyehs and holding signs depicting watermelons — symbols of Palestinian resistance.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023

Two of the victims were wearing keffiyehs, or head scarves typically worn by men in Arab countries, at the time of the shooting.

From Washington Times • Nov. 26, 2023

On cold days, when we all wrapped our heads and faces entirely in keffiyehs, Arten would be always distinguishable from the others by this protrusion.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa