We're BOTH right. I have a collection as I spent 12 years in MidEast, 10 in Sunni lands and 2 in Shia. The shia usually wear white & black patterns. It varies by tribe tho.
Perhaps other scarf patterns represent Islamic faith, but this particular pattern is that of a keffiyeh. I've never seen a scarf in this pattern worn as a symbol of anything other than Palestinian nationalism. I am Orthodox Christian and commonly see these scarves at church. It's unambiguously a Palestinian scarf, worn as a symbol of her Palestinian heritage and not her religious affiliations.
Came here to say this. I'm an Orthodox Christian and used to attend an Antiochian ("they were first called Christians in Antioch") parish in a major city that saw Christian immigrants from Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, etc. They would wear their keffiyah to church the first Sunday and then afterward you'd see them without it because they found out (hopefully not the hard way) that Americans think it means they're Muslim.
But it CAN. I have a collection as I spent 12 years in MidEast, 10 in Sunni lands and 2 in Shia. The shia usually wear white & black patterns. It varies by tribe tho.
This scarf pattern shows allegiance to Shia...the Iranian flavor of Islam. Symbolism...tells it’s own tale.
No it's not, it's a keffiyah, which is symbol of Palestinian nationalism. She's Palestinian.
We're BOTH right. I have a collection as I spent 12 years in MidEast, 10 in Sunni lands and 2 in Shia. The shia usually wear white & black patterns. It varies by tribe tho.
Perhaps other scarf patterns represent Islamic faith, but this particular pattern is that of a keffiyeh. I've never seen a scarf in this pattern worn as a symbol of anything other than Palestinian nationalism. I am Orthodox Christian and commonly see these scarves at church. It's unambiguously a Palestinian scarf, worn as a symbol of her Palestinian heritage and not her religious affiliations.
That’s fine, just relaying my experience overseas in Arab & Persian lands.
Came here to say this. I'm an Orthodox Christian and used to attend an Antiochian ("they were first called Christians in Antioch") parish in a major city that saw Christian immigrants from Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, etc. They would wear their keffiyah to church the first Sunday and then afterward you'd see them without it because they found out (hopefully not the hard way) that Americans think it means they're Muslim.
It doesn't mean that.
But it CAN. I have a collection as I spent 12 years in MidEast, 10 in Sunni lands and 2 in Shia. The shia usually wear white & black patterns. It varies by tribe tho.