Kufiyaspotting remembered: Tahrir in the New York Times

Today's (December 15) New York Times featured this photo (in both the print and the online versions) from Jehane Noujaim's very well-received documentary on the Egyptian uprising of January-February 2011, The Square ("Al Midan"), and its complicated. (From Manohla Dargis' article "The Festival World, and What's Beyond." Online, it's photo 14.)

Noujaim Films

Almost three years later, Egypt is a total mess. But those were glorious days on Tahrir, in early 2011, it is important to remember, and it ("the revolution" or whatever it is) is not necessarily over. And the kufiya was and continues to be an important sartorial symbol of those days. And of coming ones.

<Here are some earlier Tahrir kufiya posts.>

Meanwhile, here's a trailer for the film. And more kufiyas.