Nelson Mandela donned the keffiyeh at a summit in Algiers in a now-famous picture. Three years after apartheid officially ended in South Africa, he declared, “We know too well that our freedom ...

“The keffiyeh, of course ... and therefore a version of it spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The headdress (also known as a shemagh) features a distinctive black-and-white ...

whose African National Congress was close to the PLO, sometimes sported one. As the Palestinian flag was banned in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza between 1967 and 1993, the keffiyeh grew ...

“The keffiyeh along with other patterned head coverings ... with family members belonging to the Southwest Asian and North Africa (SWANA) diaspora, who asked not to be identified for fear ...

Nelson Mandela seen wearing a Keffiyeh in 1990. (credit: Screenshot/Facebook ) Anti-apartheid South African leader Nelson Mandela was also seen wearing the scarf on many occasions. Israel's ...

“The keffiyeh, of course ... and therefore a version of it spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa. The headdress (also known as a shemagh) features a distinctive black-and-white ...