Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

At “issue” was the fact that the man appeared to be wearing a keffiyeh around his neck. The keffiyeh is standard headwear for men in parts of the Middle East, as well as in the United States ...

the pope said, while looking at the nativity scene. “The keffiyeh was added at the last minute during the installation phase,” said Faten Nastas Mitwasi, one of the two Palestinian-born ...

She can be seen draped in a keffiyeh and a “free Palestine” pin from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign (PSC).