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Fast forward again to the 1936 Arab Revolt in Palestine. The British Mandate at that time threatened the livelihood and homes of the native Palestinians sparking an outbreak. To avoid arrest, Palestinian supporters used the keffiyeh to hide their identity, wearing it over their head and face. To counter this, British authorities banned the keffiyeh but to their surprise, this motion led all Palestinians to wear the keffiyeh in a concealing manner, making it impossible to identify anyone. It was at this point that the keffiyeh became a symbol of unity and solidarity for Palestinians. This symbolism only grew as more conflicts and years passed. Palestinian President Yassir Arafat further cemented the keffiyehs meaning by constantly adorning it in public. Can I Wear A Keffiyeh Even Though I'm Not Palestinian?

More than 5 decades ago there were more than 30 Keffiyeh factories operating in Palestine. Today there is only one factory in Hebron. In a workshop above the factory, women take care of the finishing by sewing the edges of each keffiyeh and by adding the tassels (MEE/Silvia Boarini) Manufacturing contributes to roughly 12 percent of our GDP,” Wajih Amer, economics lecturer at An-Najah University in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, told MEE. “Small-scale establishments are needed to build a strong base for economic development in Palestine.”

3. Keffiyehs were traditionally worn by Palestinian farmers

Pupils who spoke to MEE attended schools in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Rochdale and different areas of London.

She said her teachers banned students from protesting and threatened them with detention if they continued putting them up.

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