How to Use kaffiyeh in a Sentence

kaffiyeh

noun
  • At the time, Prashar—who is Punjabi—wore a kaffiyeh around his neck.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 2024-01-30
  • Over the course of the 20th century, the kaffiyeh grew in prominence.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 2023-11-30
  • Campbell, who is African American, had draped a kaffiyeh around her neck.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 2024-10-15
  • Sitting on a boulder and wearing a purple robe and a red and white kaffiyeh as a hijab, the cousin looked over at a nook, the smallest of the three areas of the cave.
    — Raja Abdulrahim, BostonGlobe.com, 2022-10-22
  • The blind former rebel chieftain, wearing his trademark kaffiyeh scarf, took the oath in a no-frills ceremony in a small office in the congress building.
    — Kejal Vyas, WSJ, 2019-06-11
  • Esperanza Spalding showed her support for Palestine as well by wearing a kaffiyeh.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 2024-02-05
  • At least 60 extras dressed in hijabs, kaffiyehs and polyester-wool blend slacks were herded onto the set to simulate an average shopping day.
    — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 2009-10-07
  • As word of the People’s Park decision spread Thursday, the group keeping vigil outside the park grew, with some sporting kaffiyeh scarves.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 2024-06-06
  • Even Greta Thunberg, the climate Cassandra, has been canceled in Germany after wearing a kaffiyeh and calling for a cease-fire at a recent protest.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 2024-04-06
  • For many of the shows she’s attended in Europe, she’s brought something—like a flag, a kaffiyeh, or an outfit that includes references to the conflict—to show solidarity with Palestinian people.
    — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 2024-06-25
  • Many wore kaffiyeh scarves, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity, and shouted for Paxson and school administrators to divest the university's endowment from companies affiliated with Israel.
    — Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 2023-11-29

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