The latest fashion??

[Al-khiyal]

Le Keffieh sur les podiums :
L’étendard de la résistance palestinienne devenu… fashion

[Bent_Bladi]

Everyday at school if I see at least three people wearing one variation of a 7atta --- KHALAS!!!!

THAT'S IT!!!!

Ima do it .... one of these days when it's cold, I'm gonna wear one and see how people react to a hijabi being "stylish"

[Al-khiyal]

Call for Dunkin' Donut boycott for halting scarf ad

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2008 -- US activists have called for a worldwide boycott of doughnuts-and-coffee chain Dunkin' Donuts after it pulled an online ad that a conservative commentator said promoted jihad.

"Dunkin' Donuts has capitulated and withdrawn an advertisement for its products following the allegation ... that the spokeswoman in the ad was wearing a kaffiyeh, a scarf which is a staple of clothing traditionally worn by Palestinian men," the ANSWER Coalition said in a statement.

ANSWER, which groups hundreds of anti-war and anti-racism organizations around the United States, called for a "worldwide boycott of Dunkin' Donuts ... to send a powerful message to corporations that engage in racism or pander to anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racists."

The activists also urged backers to send an online letter to Dunkin' Donuts expressing outrage at the company's decision to drop the ad "based on the possible perception that it contained an Arab kaffiyeh" and calling for "an official apology for yielding to anti-Arab racists."

More than 7,300 letters had been sent to Dunkin' Donuts in the 24 hours since ANSWER posted its boycott call on its website, Ben Becker, a spokesman for the coalition, said.

A furor blew up earlier this month over a Dunkin' Donuts online ad featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray wearing a black-and-white scarf around her neck and holding an ice coffee.

Conservative columnist and commentator Michelle Malkin complained on her blog last week that Ray was sporting a "jihadi chic kaffiyeh" in the ad.

"I'm hoping her 'hate' couture choice was spurred more by ignorance than ideology," Malkin wrote.

In another blog post, Malkin wrote: "Anti-American fashion designers abroad and at home have mainstreamed and adapted the scarves as generic pro-Palestinian jihad or anti-war statements.

"Many folks out there remain completely oblivious to the apparel's violent symbolism and anti-Israel overtones," she wrote.

Dunkin Donuts pulled the ad last weekend, even though it said in a statement that the scarf had a paisley design - not the checks of a kaffiyeh.

"Absolutely no symbolism was intended," Margie Myers, senior vice president of communications for Dunkin Donuts said.

"However, as of this past weekend, we are no longer using the online ad because the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee," she added.

Dunkin' Donuts is present in 29 countries besides the United States, including Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, all of which have majority Muslim populations.

[ssew]

I have four of those scarfs! I love em, especially my purple one. And i dont wear em cause they fashionable.

I dont know what people think when they see me walking around with it. Probably oeh what a wannabe..

[Flower25]

I only have the white one, keeps me warm and fuzzy

[CHINWIYA]

thats ugly

[Bent_Bladi]

I only have the white one, keeps me warm and fuzzy

lol who needs sweaters when u have 7attas ... the other day i put it on when i was studying and baba saw me, nodded in approval, then proceeded to the fridge