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Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion
    #13989773 - 02/19/11 12:21 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

How do you guys feel about this?
So far, every single person I have asked that was wearing a keffiyeh had no idea what it symbolizes. :facepalm:
Though we don't live in an Arab nation, so the culture associated with the piece of clothing is not as emphasized, you cannot disassociate the strong political implications such a piece of clothing caries.

I think they look cool, but I wouldn't wear one because of the political attachment.



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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar] * 2
    #13989783 - 02/19/11 12:24 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

i don't know about "political attachment" but it makes you look like a fag that's for sure.


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Odd]
    #13989815 - 02/19/11 12:31 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

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i don't know about "political attachment" but it makes you look like a fag that's for sure.



Thanks for your opinion. It is of great value in this discussion.


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #13989838 - 02/19/11 12:36 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

i think they're pretty cool. being half arab it'd feel pretty right for me with one on. cant comment much on the political attachment though, as i'm not Palestinian.

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
    #13989964 - 02/19/11 01:07 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

I had no idea that thing had a name other than a scarf, or that it had any sort of political symbolism.  I'd wear one if someone gave it to me, and it was cold out.

I don't give a shit what people half way across the world think it symbolizes.

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #13989978 - 02/19/11 01:11 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

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I don't give a shit what people half way across the world think it symbolizes.



That's why I made this thread. I was curious to whether or not you guys thought the political ties held any significance.
I think if you were more privy to the political situation, you would have a stronger opinion about it.


And yes, most people in North America just call them scarves. Whenever I tell people: "Nice Keffiyeh" I tend to get a look of confusion.


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #13990059 - 02/19/11 01:35 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

Yup i have no idea of the political meaning of this garment but it has a stricking resemblence to the old queer style neckerchief



So if i seen someone wearing the thing from your picture i would have just thought they were making a sexual orientation fashion statement than a political message

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: GGTBod]
    #13990064 - 02/19/11 01:36 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

It does seem to be heavily worn by gays.


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Odd]
    #13990075 - 02/19/11 01:38 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

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i don't know about "political attachment" but it makes you look like a fag that's for sure.



:ilold:

I don't think of any political attachment when i see them. Just my 2 cents tho.

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: GGTBod]
    #13990087 - 02/19/11 01:41 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

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GGTBod said:
So if i seen someone wearing the thing from your picture i would have just thought they were making a sexual orientation fashion statement than a political message



Wow, so I had no idea what you were talking about at first, but apparently there is a whole "code" to the community of homosexuals wearing handkerchiefs:
http://alt.xmission.com/~trevin/hanky.html

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #13990149 - 02/19/11 01:54 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

I was not aware of the code but you do see a lot of people who look very homosexual wearing them in what they call the "Pink Triangle" area of my city.

These are the only type of people i have seen wearing them, kind of defeats any political message any wearer would be trying to get across in UK, i suppose once the political message carrier has knocked back the offers of a blowjob in the toilets he may get to explain "Ohhh im not gay it is being worn as part of a political statement" and maybe if the blowjob offerer thinks he may be able to turn the wearer he may listen to the political message for a while.

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: GGTBod]
    #13990194 - 02/19/11 02:05 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

Well Rabid  we both learnt something today

I learn what a Keffiyeh was, this was why i first looked in your post the word keffiyeh and what idiot part of some new fashion it was part of.

And you learnt

That everyone who it was not a political statement for thought it was part of homosexual fashion and that the wearers were just loud, proud and available.

BTW your link to the code did not work :frown:

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: GGTBod]
    #13990738 - 02/19/11 04:02 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

You never said what the political statement was. I'm curious now.

And they seem to be worn by a lot of hipsters/gays downtown and in the "Gayborhood"


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: lsdank268]
    #13990777 - 02/19/11 04:09 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

I have this hilariopus mental image of these people who think they are strutting around in the western world making their political statement and everyone is looking at them thinking "What a surprise more proud homo's"

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: lsdank268]
    #13991227 - 02/19/11 05:40 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

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You never said what the political statement was.



Support for Palestine.


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #13991273 - 02/19/11 05:50 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

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Rabidbaboon said:
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lsdank268 said:
You never said what the political statement was.



Support for Palestine.



i remember watching arab new channels with my dad when i was little. they dont censor like the U.S. does. watching isreal soldiers totally fuck shit up. lots of wounded men and children. a video that particularly stuck with me was of  distraught kids throwing rocks at isreal's tanks as they passed by. i could see the anguish in their eyes. furious that their homes were being destroyed, even further troubled by the fact they could do nothing to stop it. needless suffering:feelsbadman:

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #13991292 - 02/19/11 05:54 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

Think maybe you should spread the word that the Kellifeh's message is not clear and is getting confused with a louder slightly more extrovert message.

I remember seeing the news from the West Bank all through the 80's and 90's growing up, looked like some miserable shit

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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar]
    #13991295 - 02/19/11 05:54 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)



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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: The_Ghost]
    #13991337 - 02/19/11 06:03 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

I don't support Palestine or Isreal. I think both sides are to blame.

I could see the appeal of supporting the underdog though. Like being a rebel.
I guess most people don't have that thought process though when they buy one. They just think it looks cool.


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Re: Wearing Keffiyeh's for fashion [Re: Acaterpillar] * 1
    #13991351 - 02/19/11 06:08 PM (13 years, 1 month ago)

Funding terroristm one Keffiyeh at a time.


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