PALESTINE | CULTURE

Icons of Palestinian Identity, Pt. 3

Series: Icons 14–19: Mary | The Kufiyyeh | Ghassan Kanafani | Handalah | Yasser Arafat | Dome of the Rock

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Enjoy this third installment of a series on Palestinian symbolism and culture. This series is my reminder to the world of the strength and continuity of Palestinian culture. What does a free Palestine look like?

You can find the second installment here. Follow my releases on LinkedIn for more frequent updates. Quotations are from my book Fugitive Dreams.

14. Mary

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15. The Kufiyyeh

1988: “About late morning, with Main Street quiet and business going on as usual, a number of masked shabab (literally young men, “guys”, though the term came to include the young women who participated) sprang out of nowhere. The masks were essential since the Israeli army photographed demonstrators to later identify and arrest them. The mask of choice was the kafiyyeh, the black-and-white checkered scarf we commonly wore in…