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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

How to Be a Christian Hipster (Hint: Kufiya Required)

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Check out the easy-to-follow instructional video, which will have you looking like this: Here's the vid, if you want to self-transfor...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Esquire: Beyoncé vs. Shadia Mansour in The Ladies Tournament for the Hottest Woman of 2012

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Huh? really? If you must vote -- but I caution against it -- go here . And no, I did not put this up because Shadia has a kufiya around h...
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Kufiya tchotchke

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Kufiya tchotchke , a photo by tsweden on Flickr. Joan sent me this.
Sunday, March 04, 2012

Young kufiya'd fighter in the Free Syrian Army

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The photo is by Tyler Hicks of the New York Times , who accompanied Anthony Shadid (RIP) on his final visit to Syria. The photo gallery it ...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

Kufiyaspotting: Jay Electronica

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This photo of rapper Jay Electronica accompanied his recent  release , via RCRD.LBL, of the free single, "Suckas." Jay Electron...
Sunday, February 26, 2012

Famous Alexandrians: Anne De Zogheb

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Anne de Zogheb in ensemble by Pierre Balmain, Marie Claire, March 1963 Anne de Zogheb was a top international fashion model in the late 5...

Palestinian Hipster (w/ kufiya, of course)

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See previous post for a somewhat different use of the same image. This one, courtesy socialjusticejesus.tumblr.com .
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Hipster Jesus

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Robin just informed me about this website, Hipster or Jesus? It solicits your offerings. Its logo is this: I'm no expert on hipsters...
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Hundreds protest against segregation in Hebron (using kufiyas to fight teargas)

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"Demonstrators huddled in alleyways breathing through keffiyehs soaked in lemon juice." This after "Border Police forces di...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

It's a stretch...Khaled and others

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I'm sure you've noticed this, the seemingly unstoppable tendency of anyone writing about World Music to compare artists who are rela...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Revolutionary debke in Hama, Syria

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I got this via today's New York Times . This was filmed yesterday in the Halfaya neighborhood of Hama. Apparently this is a regular, mor...

Nubian Empire Ski Club

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Nubian Empire Ski Club : " Nubians, whose mission is to coax more African-Americans onto skis."
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Egyptians mark revolution, Jan. 25: yes, kufiyas

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Demonstrators atop post at Tahrir Square, marking 1st anniversary of the launch of  the Egyptian revolution, January 25, 2012 (Jeff J. Mitch...

1st anniversary of Bahrain uprising: kufiya over gas mask

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Today (February 14) marks the first anniversary of the Bahraini uprising. Although crushed by Bahraini security forces, with the support of ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012

Hipsterism explained

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In this mindblowing article about the US prison system, from n+1 . "In gentrifying sections of Brooklyn, for example, steep drops in...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Dana International/Yaron Cohen in Kufiya

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This photo is from the first published interview with Yaron Cohen/Dana International, published in the newspaper Tel Aviv , on August 14, 1...
Monday, February 06, 2012

Clashes Continue in Cairo (and Kufiyas Help Mitigate the Tear Gas)

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The New York Times reports on Sunday's clashes. More walls go up near Interior Ministry. And kufiyas are still in evidence. Moises S...
Saturday, February 04, 2012

Protester (kufiya'd) faces near Interior Ministry, Cairo, Feb. 3, 2012

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Source: Egypt Independent .
Friday, February 03, 2012

Kazeboon: The junta are liars

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Kazeboon , a photo by Jonathan Rashad on Flickr. kufiya clad demonstrator checking his smart phone, Feb. 2.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Tahrir Traditions

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On the 1st anniversary of January 25, the day that the uprising against Mubarak was launched, I posted a piece on Sayyid Darwish and the Egy...
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Ted Swedenburg
Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas. Author of Memories of Revolt: The 1936-39 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past. Co-editor of Palestine, Israel and the Politics of Popular Culture and of Displacement, Diaspora, and Geographies of Identity.
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