NOT just a scarf…
Found this on LGF and indeed, what’s surprising is that it comes from the Toronto Star…
The controversial kaffiyeh, also known as the hatta or the shemagh, is a cloth about 54 inches squared. Commonly seen on the heads of men in the Middle East, the kaffiyeh was historically used simply as protection from the scorching sun. Now, the checked scarves carry a much deeper meaning.
“The kaffiyeh is a visual extension of our struggle, a way to be a thorn in the silence,” says Ahmad Habib, Iraqi refugee and a member of the Arab Cultural Resistance music group. “Everywhere, from the Arab world to Toronto, people dress up to paint the world with conformity and indifference. The kaffiyeh stands in the way of that.”
I was on the Plateau Mont Royal this week, and while I was having a nice meal, watching the “beautiful people” walk by, I saw two individuals wearing a kaffiyeh.
It is chic. It is totally acceptable to those who see speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil.
And all these people vote.