kufiyah

/ kʊˈfiːjə /

noun

1. a variant of keffiyeh

Example Sentences

He sang in his Palestinian colloquial Arabic, proudly telling his audience to “raise the kufiyah!”

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Imagine Louis XIV in a kufiyah and you’ve just about nailed the nature of Saudi rule.

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Darkness darker than blackest night was about him, and, in its cover, he cast the robes into the abyss below, then retraced his way, and plunged once more into the moonlight, a Persian traveler wearing the customary loose trousers, a kufiyah on his head, and bearing a long staff in his hand.

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He wore a kufiyah, or kerchief, of red and yellow on his head, the ends falling on his shoulders behind in a crimson fringe.

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His snowy beard descended to his waist over his flowing garments, and his white locks fell thinly from beneath his kufiyah.

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