The keffiyeh-wearers will say their scarves are about solidarity, not stealing. They're showing their support for a political cause, not purloining Palestinian culture.
Solidarity was expressed with words and actions, not imitation of style. Cover of 'After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation' Kindle Edition by Brendan O'Neill.
No, there is something else going on with the cult of the keffiyeh, something that falls outside of the traditional realm of solidarity and even awareness-raising.
That an item of clothing has become so omnipresent among the virtuous set points to a performative streak in pro-Palestine activism.
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