Arab Headdresses

So… the Arabic, made–for–desert headdress — known as a keffiyah or shemagh — has now turned into a fashion.



I see folks here in England, both men & women, wearing it as displayed above in a scarf style. Cool, but it really feels weird that people have simply taken something used as a barrier against sand & heat and subsumed it into a fashion culture.

I wonder how many of them have any understanding of Arabs whatsoever…