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keffiyeh

man's square headcloth, usually of cotton, often folded into a triangle and traditionally secured on the head with an agal. It is called a Mehramah (if it is white and is usually worn in the summer)
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Summary

keffiyeh ranks in the top 0.33% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,056 views/month, #259 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Country: Saudi Arabia[2]
  • Made from material: cotton[3], wool[4], synthetic fiber[5]
  • Subclass of: bandana[6]
  • Commons category: Keffiyeh[7]
  • Depicted by: Dura-Europos archival photograph, YUAG Negative number dura-c93~01[8], Dura-Europos archival photograph, YUAG Negative number dura-c91~01[9]
  • Described by source: Oral history interview record AY.3.2026.04.07, “Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories”[10]

Why It Matters

keffiyeh has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] keffiyeh is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). keffiyeh. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kufiyya
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kufiyya_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{keffiyeh}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kufiyya}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · ~2026-53770-23 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Saudi Arabia
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Country: Saudi Arabia"
  2. 8d ago · Adnan Almohamad · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Oral history interview record AY.3.2026.04.07, “Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories”
    Sitelink count → 50
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ce', 'commo
    Wikidata description → man's square headcloth, usually of cotton, often folded into a triangle and trad
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Oral history interview record AY.3.2026.04.07, “Archaeological Archives as Inclusive Learning Laboratories”"
  3. 7w ago · Bahaa12394 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Made from material → cotton, wool, synthetic fiber
    Image → ArafatEconomicForum (cropped).jpg
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q141108326 */"
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