The Kufiya

EVER SINCE THE RISE of the armed Palestinian resistance movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the kufiya has been a key symbol of the struggles of the Palestinian peoples and an item adopted as a sign of solidarity by sympathizers around the world. In the course of its transnational dissemination, the kufiya’s uses have undergone many permutations, as it has appeared variously in the form of everyday streetwear, as high fashion, as a signifier of cool, as a bone of controversy, while still retaining its function as a badge of resistance. Even in the United States, where official