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How the keffiyeh became a Palestinian symbol of resistance
A story told amongst Palestinians is that Arafat folded his keffiyeh in a way – letting the side panel drape, paralleling the historic Palestine map – to remind him of the Dome of the Rock in ...
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How humble keffiyeh got woven into fiery Palestinian protests
Arafat folded his keffiyeh in a way that resembled the Dome of the Rock (in the Al-Aqsa mosque complex) and the 'historic map of Palestine'. The film, Lawrence of Arabia, based on British ...