Keffiyeh week is starting Monday, February 5th! Wear your keffiyeh around campus to show your solidarity with the Palestinian cause at a time when Zionism depends on your silence.

The keffiyeh is a symbol of resistance both historically and contemporarily. While the keffiyeh has existed among bedouins for hundreds of years, the black-and-white keffiyah was adopted by Palestinians during the Arab Revolt in Palestine (1936 - 1939) to conceal their identities from the Zionists under the British Mandate.

The keffiyah became a symbol against colonialism and imperialism, leading to its title as “Palestine’s Unofficial Flag“. A ban was imposed on the keffiyah to try and silence this symbol. Palestinians and their allies adorning the keffiyah internationally shows the colossal failure of the ban.

Today, through social media, the keffiyah has become a symbol internationally. To the Arabs, it is a symbol of resisting the Western imperialism that ravaged their countries. To the followers of the Abrahamic faiths, it is a symbol of resisting the oppression that the believers of their faith in their hply lands endure. To most, it has become a humanitarian symbol, one of decolonization, anti-imperialism, anti-apartheid, and protection of the innocent.

Join us for Keffiyah week to show our campuses that we stand by the Palestinians and the oppressed globally.