Talk:Keffiyeh

Arafat's wasn't traditional

The main article says:

It would later become a trademark symbol of Yasser Arafat, who was rarely seen without a keffiyeh. Arafat would wear the keffiyeh in the traditional manner, around the head and wrapped by an egal, but he also wore in the neckline of his military fatigues.

Granted the tail end isn't grammatical enough to know how to even correct... However, I've heard that Arafat's keffiyeh was unique: he always wore a split in the front (even visible in the photo on this page) to symbolize the divide between the West Bank and Gaza. Since I heard that a decade (or two) ago I've always found this detail to draw my attention when I see pictures of him or of other keffiyehs.

I'm not going to make this edit myself, but I'm sure that the words "traditional manner" are therefore inaccurate.

Photo of keffiyeh with detail

Please add a photo of the keffiyeh with specific details pointing to each pattern & describing its significance. Thank you 72.93.84.221 (talk) 01:11, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Palestinian Marxists

It says, in the section Varieties and Variations: "In Palestine, the red variety, usually with patterns which differ slightly from that of the common black and white, is often worn by Palestinian Marxists.^{[citation needed]} Red keffiyeh are also commonly worn in Jordan and the greater Gulf region."

I know that not all wearers of red keffiyehs are marxists. And it is notable that many Palestinians bear Jordanian passports; I intend to remove this uncited claim. MrDemeanour (talk) 19:13, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Keffiyeh belongs to the Iraqis

Keffiyeh is a head covering that belongs to the Iraqis since the time of the Sumerians. You do not have the right to change the facts and attribute them to countries such as Saudi Arabia and other countries. 93.191.113.66 (talk) 13:00, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

No. Take your culture warring somewhere else. It does not belong here on Wikipedia. 17:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

False citations?

Can someone please verify this edit and the previous as well? --Karim talk to me :)..! 16:44, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

are they related to to added information? --Karim talk to me :)..! 13:36, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Palestinian national symbol

On 12 December 2023 Fgnievinski added at the beginning of the Palestinian national symbol section "This section duplicates the scope of other articles, specifically Palestinian keffiyeh. Please discuss this issue and help introduce a summary style to the section by replacing the section with a link and a summary or by splitting the content into a new article.". About a minute later at Talk:Palestinian keffiyeh#Duplication) Fgnievinski added "Section Keffiyeh#Palestinian national symbol duplicates Palestinian keffiyeh. Thus, the former should be merged in the latter. A summary could be left behind, in summary style.".

In March at Talk:Palestinian keffiyeh#Duplication) Alitheboss55 replied "I think this article should be merged with the main Keffiyeh article. as this article describes the same pieace of clothing but is only referencing its significance in Palestinian culture, it does not need its own article and should be part of the main article".

There doesn't appear to have been any discussion here. Mcljlm (talk) 20:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)