I always appreciate your respectful approach to different cultures. Such behavior is so rare these days. Please know that you are highly esteemed by us.
Once again, excellent. For a relatively simple piece of headgear, you did a lot of work with a carefully and diplomatically constructed presentation. Until now, I had a strong bias as to what I thought of as a hat. Thank you for broadening my mind.
In Kuwait it was worn by the Beduins and every one called them "Marlboro", because of the colours. The black and white one was called the Arafat and was forbidden, because Arafat was supporting Iraq in the invasion in 1990. BTW, the most important thing in the gulf countries is the "beak" tou form on the forehead. Also if one side goes over the shoulder and the other on your back. It's a minefield of fashion. 2 also, summer white, winter gray.
Interesting, yes it’s obvious there are certain stylistic elements besides colour that are of cultural importance. I’m relatively ignorant of those nuances but I’m betting it’s pretty easy to get into trouble if you’re careless with the details.
@deadinside736 They had checkpoints on the highways and anyone who had one was arrested. This was after 1989. White was for rich city boys, "Marlboro" was for beduins and black and white was completely forbidden.
The keffiyah is part of the system of clothing that desert cultures use to keep cool. When you think about the hottest places on the planet, instead of being darn near naked, it is often flowing robes like the Bedu and the Tuareg. It creates what is called a 'micro climate' for the wearer by slowing down the evaporation of sweat to help regulate body temperature. It may seem crazy to wear so much in a climate so brutally hot, but it works!
I believe it, but as a westerner it makes me utterly uncomfortable just to think sweatty under all that cloth. But, of course, I’ve never been subjected continouusly under such harsh condition.
@jujenho that is understandable but not the case. The cloth next to your skin evaporates the moisture away and traps it in the layers of cotton. You don't feel it at all. But it keeps you much cooler than a single layer or, worse, no layer and your skin in the direct sun!
I used to wear one when working on cold windy and bleak Welsh hillsides and it beat all manner of hats for keeping one warm and dry. An old army major I knew once referred to me as Glubb Pasha!
As an Arab that was a great , very well researched video ❤ in Egypt we call it Koufiah which is the closest to the town it came from Kufa in Iraq .and your presentation in Arabic is really good 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for the great video! I have a Palestinian keffiyeh just like yours which was gifted to me in the 1980s. Could you do something on Chinese headwear? I do like the Mianguan through the different dynasties.
I listened to an Iraqi that said it originally came from Iraq. Thenet represents the fishermen's net amd two 'bars' are the rivers, Euphrates and Tigris. But that was the opinion of an Iraqi so it makes sense he has that perspective.
@Adam33067 I initially set out to make just one hat for myself but quickly became obsessed. Lots of trial and error for at least my first year, then was blessed enough to find and learn from some of the best in the world. Coming up on ten years strong now. It's been a wonderfully wild ride.
I have a black and pink/purple ish one, it is associated with the city of Ramallah in Palestine. The classic black and white one was sold out when i ordered mine, but the one i have suits my outfits very well so I'm not that mad about it.
Under your keffiyeh is a tight fitting white cap. You didn't talk about that. I see some people wearing that under their keffiyeh, others not. I also have heard that a plain white one, in some countries, symbolizes a man who has gone on the haj, or pilgrimage. Any info on this under cap?
it's called a taqiyah, it's a small skullcap often worn by muslims. The color or wearing of it has different meanings depending on the country, but in the case of under the scarf, it is mostly to help it stay in place better and look more presentable.
I always assumed that white cap underneath served the same purpose as the doo-rag worn under a flat-brimmed hat by western hip-hop style enthusiasts... to keep the hat clean and unsoiled from dirt and sweat.
Excellent background to such an iconic headdress. I've had a couple of these since the late 1980s when I think they sprang in popularity following the re-release of the fully restored version of Lawrence of Arabia. In the 1990s they could be found in multitudes of colours from fuchsia to aqua, lime green to purple.
The clothing in pictures of Biblical figures (particularly the New Testament ones) is pretty heavily influenced by 19th century Palestinian clothing I believe. A bunch of European artists decided they wanted more accurate models for biblical art than just 'vaguely exotic', and went on trips to Palestine, and then painted biblical subjects in the contemporary clothing they saw. That's what I heard anyway.
0:50 It can also be worn without anything on top-often by older or more religious individuals(i don't know why), and some groups wear it plain white without the عقال
I've been using a marine corps pattern one for years now, great supplementary item for the cold when worn with a beanie hat etc. Didn't know some people might object to it as neckwear, that's a good one to keep in mind, thanks!
I try to always carry a fairly large square of fabric, whether around my neck, on my head or just in my bag. Sometimes a shemag from an army surplus store, sometimes a furoshiki and sometimes a bandana or neckerchief. As mentioned in the video, there are just so many uses! And I always forget to put my shopping bags in the car, so I can carry a few grocery items with it too.
While it was tempting, I resisted the urge to jump to the end of the video to see how you could possible "tip your hat to us" (wasn't disapointed ;) ) "As usual" interesting and respectfull video, thank you sir !
I was surprised by what you said about Oman as I have a Keffiyeh from my time there in the 1980's. It is red and white check with a particularly colourful trim around the edge of red and yellow. There are large tassels at the corners.
When I was visiting the Dead Sea, it was so hot my first instinct was to grab a towel and wear it as such, inadvertently creating a keffiyeh on the spot.
nice video you clarified some details that's even a lot middle easterners are misinformed about it. I wish you if talked about Kurdish variety and its history because I think they're the only non Semitic people (by language not genetically) who wear it to this day and have it embedded in their culture.
Nice and interesting as always. It's true the keffieh has also been issued to militaries, and first of all the British army, under the name of shemagh. I bought two of these British regulation keffiehs something like fifteen years ago, one green and black and one tan and black and I must say they are of a very high quality as their black patterns are not printed like on cheap, made who knows where, keffiehs seen everywhere, but machine embroidered. Indeed they can be used as a scarf, but not only as our Hat historian said. In France we have a similar thing called chèche, put in service in our army well before, in fact since the mid-19th century in north Africa. The first ones were green, but as the Zouaves, which only recruited French natives, also used them, it became a problem with the muslims who considered green as their own color, and as such unsuitable for christians. Hence, the French army switched to white chèches in late 19th century, then tan. And they are still used without major changes since, the major difference with the keffieh/shemagh being a much bigger size, something like 2,80 metres long and 85 cm large, which makes them, in my opinion, more useful. Last thing, if I may : if I'm not wrong, I've seen, at the very beginning of this episode, a bishop's mitre. I can't help myself making an educated guess... maybe it will the next headgear you will talk about ! Waiting now for the French version of the keffieh... and once more I will encourage all those who, like me, can understand both english and french to watch the two versions, they are always equally delightful !
@@MatthewMakesAU I don't wear any of them, I only bought them as collecting items. But could you explain why I shouldn't wear the black and tan shemagh in Ireland (where I've never have been, anyway...) ?
@@laurentdevaux5617 It's a bit of a dark joke about Irish history. The "Black and Tans" were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence, mostly from English WWI veterans, and named for the colours of their uniforms. They gained a very bad reputation in Ireland for brutality. I'm not sure if just wearing those colours in Ireland these days would trigger anybody, but some people do have a long memory for history, and putting the two words together might cause some people to twitch.
^Considering he got them in the English army it’d be safe to say it’s not the thing to wear +the color association…I personally wouldn’t want be associated with war crimes and executing teen boys en masse by firing squad when I visit a country…that’s just me though.
I have used mine as a stocking cap, balaclava, hood, facemask, scarf (mostly for storage) towel, and a Furoshiki style sholder bag. It is just too useful not to have arround.
As it is Halloween season, here is a question Cher M. Foyer. where did the witches' pointed hats come from? A version of traditional hats, such as seen in Welsh national costume, or a purely fictional Anglo invention pushed into popular culture by Hollywood?
I still have an olive drab keffiyeh given to us in Afghanistan. We used it for its original purpose, to keep the sand out of our noses and throats. No cultural or political relationship. And I have completely forgotten how to wear it.
The odd thing is that it belongs to the triliteral root-pattern verb ᶜaQaLa: 1- Grasp, comprehend, understand 2- Fetter, hobble, shackle (the animal) 3- Pay the blood money for the slain ᶜiqaal (noun)= hobble, fetter; restrainer, shackle; headband, headcord. ᶜuqaal (noun) = cramp ᶜaql (noun) = brain thinking process, intellect, intelligence, mentality, understanding, sense, nous, mind, reason. Altogether, naturally, the human animal doesn't automatically have control over his thinking processes, but something through learning experience compensating for its natural shackles. Hence, humanity is never out of its shackles however much humanity thinks they're free from it.
In the '90s, the Israeli army issued orders to shoot to kill anyone wearing a keffiyeh if it were wrapped around their face even if the person were standing around -- this furthered its role as a symbol of resistance because of the abuses resulting from this blanket policy. Before this, it was viewed largely as an article of 'traditional' clothing older men or the Bedouin wore with a village edge. Or Arafat. Women didn't wear it but in the last decade, that's changed -- and that's an interesting change along with using it as a neck scarf. I think that's also the influence of the emigres and protesters picking it up and then in turn influencing the local culture. My favourite style is the hot pink with embroidered roses. People get creative.
@@juliabrowni9418 It's always easy to make up bogus claims without providing any legitimate source. Sad thing is that the way people are divided nowadays, many will just accept it as truth.
@JeSuisunHumain-222 I'm genuinely curious about this. But it seems like either a half-truth, a false claim, or an exaggerated claim. There is nothing that supports this claim from my own searching, so I was hoping the person who wrote this comment would provide a source for where they found or heard it.
@@juliabrowni9418 Exactly, I'm pretty familiar with this conflict, and I've never heard such a thing before. I have heard many many false claims. Going back many years. Unfortunately while hummus may have lost the actual war, the sad reality is that what started as a horrific tea roar attack, with SA and all sorts of things I can't write here. was seen by many college students and others as legitimate resistance. Even many Palestinians are realizing that Hummus only cares about their Iranian backed Islamic agenda, but that does not stop the college students and others with their own agenda. So yeah...let's see if this person replies I'm sure they have an agenda too. Hope you continue seeking truth.
Hello just a few things i would like to add in the modern sense the shemagh is made from a stiffer cotton and is most commonly worn in Saudi Arabia as for the rest of the gulf we more commonly wear the ghutra which is made from a more pliable cotton or polyester the difference in design should also be noted as the shemagh has the weave pattern while ghutras most commonly lack and pattern in some instances in the olden days the ghutra would have some small tassels around the edge or a embroidered similar to that found on shawls or what was commonly worn by sea captains at the time a sort of checkered print
That's a taqiyah, a skullcap often worn by muslim men, that in this case is often worn under the scarf to help it stay in place and keep it looking presentable.
Never before knew what the rings used to keep the shemagh on were called. I had one years ago, it got tossed out after it got too disgusting from being used as a cleaning rag.
Headwear yes. Hat? Ehh. Wish if it was more than setting it on top yer head you’d demonstrate it. I’ve been wearing red and white and b&w for over a decade. They’re so useful whether the weather. I’m a pale white guy but if I put one on like a balaclava like you said I get looks. I have a whole rainbow and many hats tho but I wear a keffiyeh or shemagh every day around my neck. Ready to cool me or warm me. I need to order a couple new ones. Prolly red and b&w again unless there’s a cool psychedelic one. Great show mate.
I'm a U.S. citizen currently residing in China. Wherever I go outside, I wear a Palestinian keffiyeh as a scarf, as a show of support for the students who are protesting the genocide globally. NOTE: if you're in China, you can order black and white cotton Palestinian keffiyehs on Taobao for around 19RMB ($2.50USD) each.
The keffiyeh originated in Kufa Iraq, and the word itself is a derivative of the city's name. When it was used by the Arab Palestinian farmers in the Arab revolt it began its association with Palestinian resistance.
@ChromeMan04 specifically the kiffeya black and white is the one that originated in kuffa, the fish net pattern was introduced later in Palestine when it was adopted by them during the first Arab revolt against the British occupation.
Nice essay yet again. The miter on the side was interesting shall we say balance point. Cloud you do one on the traditional hat worn in Afghanistan, that round Elizabethan beret looking thing?
@ thanks for the reply. I did not know the name, but that’s the one. Street vendors in NYC used to sell the right after the US attacked Afghanistan, along with Keffiyeh and the African Kufi.
In Jewish communities this style of head-scarf is known as a Sudra. Unlike the tallit , the sudra is often worn over the head like a turban. In many communities the Sudra was swapped out for the smaller kippah which could easily be concealed under a hat, allowing Jews to be in compliance with local laws that restricted how Jews were allowed to dress.
I was surprised to hear you use the term DAESH, which I rarely hear in the West. I was introduced to the term by my Saudi students, and I always thought it was much smarter to use than "The so-called Islamic State", popular among US journalists.
It's the preferred term in France, and I find it more specific than ISIS or ISIL (and I gather it's a stealth insult in Arabic to them, which is a bonus)
BTW some people say, "I tip my eqal to you," which is just an imitation for the Western way of showing respect. But if you said that, you would be understood.
The type of red=white check pattern worn by the HatHistorian was briefly popular as an American Hipster fashion thing about 15 yrs ago. But it was any color plus white in the check pattern. I once asked a co-worker about her pink-white keffiyeh and whether she had a tie to Palestine, and she had no idea what I was asking about. F-ing hipsters having no idea what culture they were appropriating.
Every region of Arabia, mostly due to its tribal allegiance used to have their own pattern (just like with tartan patterns differ for all clans in Scotland). In 1930s Saudi government passed a law to unify the national dress - they forced everyone to stop wearing traditional Hijazi yellow turbans and introduced dress of the Saud tribe (from the region of Najd). Most gulf arabs wear plain white in th3 Hest of the summer and other colours (red and white in gulf, black and white in Iraq and Palestine) in winter. When it comes to iqal - if you look at photos from 1920 and older, most arabs used to wear a turban wrapped on top of the kufiyyah, instead of Iqal. Iqal is a tradition of begins from Najd region.
Iqal was worn by Bedouin tribes made out of sheep and wool skin as a way to tie their camels in the desert. Ur right that some Arabs would use a turban cloth to hold their ghutra in place but that was mostly urban Arabs as many couldn’t afford an Iqal.
@@whitewittockThis is the best information I could find about the Jewish prayer shawl known in Hebrew as the tallis or tallit (depending on which pronunciation system is used). Many of the videos I found were made by individuals or organizations that are not actually Jewish. They are followers of Jesus who follow some Jewish traditions while recognizing Jesus as the Messiah. Others were from extremely observant followers of Judaism who were focusing on an audience of less observant Jews who have some background on the topic. The video below is from an authentically Jewish organization. Some Jewish men carry their prayer shawls to synagogue in a fabric case designed for that purpose but many synagogues also have a place where Jews can keep them between uses. th-cam.com/video/ieiYT0SO0gA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=V_fly2fe22h2dDX0
@@whitewittockMy apologies for giving you the kindergarten level explanation, lol, only to find out that you're a fellow member of the Tribe. I don't recall hearing about a link between the tallit and the keffiyeh. I'm a secular Jew myself. I have a South African Zulu virtual friend who is interested in learning about Judaism because he's an avid learner about anything and everything. It has forced me - in a good way - to refresh my memory about things I learned ages ago as a kid and learn some new things.
another great video! enjoyed thoroughly. could you tell us little about the headband? that you wore inside of the keffiyeh? is that a part of the keffiyeh?
that's a taqiyah, a skullcap often worn by muslim men, that in this case is often worn under the scarf to help it stay in place and keep it looking presentable.
Interesting take. Wondering where you sourced your research. A great deal of it reads as being orientalism. I don't think or I hope that was not your intention.
I always appreciate your respectful approach to different cultures. Such behavior is so rare these days. Please know that you are highly esteemed by us.
Well said...
You can see that from Pharohs statues some of them, it was first worn by them.
Great work!
Not just an article about headwear but a great historical summary.
Well done with the Arabic. Mashallaah.
shokran! (That's one of the only words I actually know. I had help with the intro)
@@hathistorianjcyou pulled it off great!
@@hathistorianjcCan you do the Sombrero?
Once again, excellent. For a relatively simple piece of headgear, you did a lot of work with a carefully and diplomatically constructed presentation. Until now, I had a strong bias as to what I thought of as a hat. Thank you for broadening my mind.
In Kuwait it was worn by the Beduins and every one called them "Marlboro", because of the colours. The black and white one was called the Arafat and was forbidden, because Arafat was supporting Iraq in the invasion in 1990. BTW, the most important thing in the gulf countries is the "beak" tou form on the forehead. Also if one side goes over the shoulder and the other on your back. It's a minefield of fashion. 2 also, summer white, winter gray.
I remember the backlash against the wearing of the black and white in certain Gulf countries because of Arafat.
@@sagapoetic8990it's what all the anti Israel radicals are wearing today, but 99% of them wouldn't even know who Y Arafat was
Interesting, yes it’s obvious there are certain stylistic elements besides colour that are of cultural importance. I’m relatively ignorant of those nuances but I’m betting it’s pretty easy to get into trouble if you’re careless with the details.
Strange haha I didn’t know that. I am a Kurd from Iraq I wear the black and white one almost daily.
@deadinside736 They had checkpoints on the highways and anyone who had one was arrested. This was after 1989. White was for rich city boys, "Marlboro" was for beduins and black and white was completely forbidden.
Yesterday I was given a keffiyeh ❤ it was an honor, thank you for making this video I really appreciate understanding culture and history.
The keffiyah is part of the system of clothing that desert cultures use to keep cool. When you think about the hottest places on the planet, instead of being darn near naked, it is often flowing robes like the Bedu and the Tuareg. It creates what is called a 'micro climate' for the wearer by slowing down the evaporation of sweat to help regulate body temperature. It may seem crazy to wear so much in a climate so brutally hot, but it works!
I believe it, but as a westerner it makes me utterly uncomfortable just to think sweatty under all that cloth. But, of course, I’ve never been subjected continouusly under such harsh condition.
@jujenho that is understandable but not the case. The cloth next to your skin evaporates the moisture away and traps it in the layers of cotton. You don't feel it at all. But it keeps you much cooler than a single layer or, worse, no layer and your skin in the direct sun!
@@NexStageChannel I don’t doubt it. If it was widely addopted it must be real.
@@jujenhoit is very comfortable actually and it feels nice wearing it. Keeps you cool. 😄
Like the Australian Aborigines 😂
I used to wear one when working on cold windy and bleak Welsh hillsides and it beat all manner of hats for keeping one warm and dry. An old army major I knew once referred to me as Glubb Pasha!
As an Arab that was a great , very well researched video ❤ in Egypt we call it Koufiah which is the closest to the town it came from Kufa in Iraq .and your presentation in Arabic is really good 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for the great video! I have a Palestinian keffiyeh just like yours which was gifted to me in the 1980s. Could you do something on Chinese headwear? I do like the Mianguan through the different dynasties.
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I listened to an Iraqi that said it originally came from Iraq. Thenet represents the fishermen's net amd two 'bars' are the rivers, Euphrates and Tigris. But that was the opinion of an Iraqi so it makes sense he has that perspective.
I’ve worn herbawi keffiyehs all year round since 2006. In the summer it protects from dust and pollen and in the winter it’s a warm and cozy scarf
I am an American milliner and have been following your channel since the very beginning. I LOVE THIS! Always very in depth and accurate research.
What a unique profession. How did you wind up becoming a milliner?
@Adam33067 I initially set out to make just one hat for myself but quickly became obsessed. Lots of trial and error for at least my first year, then was blessed enough to find and learn from some of the best in the world. Coming up on ten years strong now. It's been a wonderfully wild ride.
@@JamelWorkman That’s terrific. I hope every woman at the Kentucky Derby wears one of your hats. 🇺🇸
I love how you explain every cultures hat with the upmost respect
I have a black and pink/purple ish one, it is associated with the city of Ramallah in Palestine. The classic black and white one was sold out when i ordered mine, but the one i have suits my outfits very well so I'm not that mad about it.
If I'm working outside in the winter a shemagh is the perfect thing to wrap around my head to keep warm
Hat Historian
I have learned something new today.
Thank you from New Zealand❤
then my efforts were worth it!
Under your keffiyeh is a tight fitting white cap. You didn't talk about that. I see some people wearing that under their keffiyeh, others not. I also have heard that a plain white one, in some countries, symbolizes a man who has gone on the haj, or pilgrimage. Any info on this under cap?
it's called a taqiyah, it's a small skullcap often worn by muslims. The color or wearing of it has different meanings depending on the country, but in the case of under the scarf, it is mostly to help it stay in place better and look more presentable.
I always assumed that white cap underneath served the same purpose as the doo-rag worn under a flat-brimmed hat by western hip-hop style enthusiasts... to keep the hat clean and unsoiled from dirt and sweat.
@@american_cosmic hmm
@@hathistorianjc Topic for another video?
@@markrossow6303 lol I know, it does sound ridiculous.
Impressive!!! Continue the good work 👏
As always, a great presentation of an interesting topic.
Great video as always mate. Youre one of my favorite youtubers.
I was wondering when you would cover this. Good job brother. You are so very knowledgeable.
This is sooo unexpected topic😂❤
Greetings from Arabia!!
Excellent background to such an iconic headdress. I've had a couple of these since the late 1980s when I think they sprang in popularity following the re-release of the fully restored version of Lawrence of Arabia. In the 1990s they could be found in multitudes of colours from fuchsia to aqua, lime green to purple.
The clothing in pictures of Biblical figures (particularly the New Testament ones) is pretty heavily influenced by 19th century Palestinian clothing I believe. A bunch of European artists decided they wanted more accurate models for biblical art than just 'vaguely exotic', and went on trips to Palestine, and then painted biblical subjects in the contemporary clothing they saw. That's what I heard anyway.
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It can also be worn without anything on top-often by older or more religious individuals(i don't know why), and some groups wear it plain white without the عقال
I've been using a marine corps pattern one for years now, great supplementary item for the cold when worn with a beanie hat etc. Didn't know some people might object to it as neckwear, that's a good one to keep in mind, thanks!
I think few people would object to a military one, it's mostly the palestinian pattern people are touchy about.
I still have a shamag an Afghan shop keeper gave me (I think he was trying to get me to cover my head. lol), and wear it occasionally in winter.
I have a shemagh I bought in kuwait. Its kept me warm and my mouth dust free for many days in the desert.
I try to always carry a fairly large square of fabric, whether around my neck, on my head or just in my bag. Sometimes a shemag from an army surplus store, sometimes a furoshiki and sometimes a bandana or neckerchief. As mentioned in the video, there are just so many uses! And I always forget to put my shopping bags in the car, so I can carry a few grocery items with it too.
I have 3 of theses and they are so great for the cold weather warm weather and fashion
Didn't expect the babushki at 1:20 😂❤❤❤
Love your videos.
Very interesting post. Thank you.
While it was tempting, I resisted the urge to jump to the end of the video to see how you could possible "tip your hat to us" (wasn't disapointed ;) )
"As usual" interesting and respectfull video, thank you sir !
I was surprised by what you said about Oman as I have a Keffiyeh from my time there in the 1980's. It is red and white check with a particularly colourful trim around the edge of red and yellow. There are large tassels at the corners.
You should cover the sou'wester on your next video! Great content as always!
When I was visiting the Dead Sea, it was so hot my first instinct was to grab a towel and wear it as such, inadvertently creating a keffiyeh on the spot.
Very interesting. Love your presentation style.
nice video you clarified some details that's even a lot middle easterners are misinformed about it.
I wish you if talked about Kurdish variety and its history because I think they're the only non Semitic people (by language not genetically) who wear it to this day and have it embedded in their culture.
I love your channel!
Nice and interesting as always. It's true the keffieh has also been issued to militaries, and first of all the British army, under the name of shemagh. I bought two of these British regulation keffiehs something like fifteen years ago, one green and black and one tan and black and I must say they are of a very high quality as their black patterns are not printed like on cheap, made who knows where, keffiehs seen everywhere, but machine embroidered. Indeed they can be used as a scarf, but not only as our Hat historian said. In France we have a similar thing called chèche, put in service in our army well before, in fact since the mid-19th century in north Africa. The first ones were green, but as the Zouaves, which only recruited French natives, also used them, it became a problem with the muslims who considered green as their own color, and as such unsuitable for christians. Hence, the French army switched to white chèches in late 19th century, then tan. And they are still used without major changes since, the major difference with the keffieh/shemagh being a much bigger size, something like 2,80 metres long and 85 cm large, which makes them, in my opinion, more useful.
Last thing, if I may : if I'm not wrong, I've seen, at the very beginning of this episode, a bishop's mitre. I can't help myself making an educated guess... maybe it will the next headgear you will talk about ! Waiting now for the French version of the keffieh... and once more I will encourage all those who, like me, can understand both english and french to watch the two versions, they are always equally delightful !
Don't wear the black and tan one in Ireland
@@MatthewMakesAU I don't wear any of them, I only bought them as collecting items. But could you explain why I shouldn't wear the black and tan shemagh in Ireland (where I've never have been, anyway...) ?
@@laurentdevaux5617 It's a bit of a dark joke about Irish history. The "Black and Tans" were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence, mostly from English WWI veterans, and named for the colours of their uniforms. They gained a very bad reputation in Ireland for brutality.
I'm not sure if just wearing those colours in Ireland these days would trigger anybody, but some people do have a long memory for history, and putting the two words together might cause some people to twitch.
^Considering he got them in the English army it’d be safe to say it’s not the thing to wear +the color association…I personally wouldn’t want be associated with war crimes and executing teen boys en masse by firing squad when I visit a country…that’s just me though.
I have used mine as a stocking cap, balaclava, hood, facemask, scarf (mostly for storage) towel, and a Furoshiki style sholder bag. It is just too useful not to have arround.
as always, a wonderful educational and entertaining video
love your videos!
Great Content. Keep it up.
I grew up as an expatriate in Saudi Arabia. I learned some things from this video.
Suggestion: do one about turbans, next
As it is Halloween season, here is a question Cher M. Foyer. where did the witches' pointed hats come from? A version of traditional hats, such as seen in Welsh national costume, or a purely fictional Anglo invention pushed into popular culture by Hollywood?
I should add that to the ones to tackle in future videos
Thank you!
A perfect historical and geographical narrative. Congratulation!
when i was a child in the 80's, they were a really popular clothes item, among the new romantics
I still have an olive drab keffiyeh given to us in Afghanistan. We used it for its original purpose, to keep the sand out of our noses and throats. No cultural or political relationship. And I have completely forgotten how to wear it.
Well done mate .
Thanks for the video, it was very enlightening. Was that bishop's hat a hint of what's to come, or do you already have a video for it?
Check back later and you will see ;)
In Iraq, the nighal (or however you want to spell it with the latin alphabet) is colloquially referred to as the preventer of thinking.
The odd thing is that it belongs to the triliteral root-pattern verb ᶜaQaLa:
1- Grasp, comprehend, understand
2- Fetter, hobble, shackle (the animal)
3- Pay the blood money for the slain
ᶜiqaal (noun)= hobble, fetter; restrainer, shackle; headband, headcord.
ᶜuqaal (noun) = cramp
ᶜaql (noun) = brain thinking process, intellect, intelligence, mentality, understanding, sense, nous, mind, reason.
Altogether, naturally, the human animal doesn't automatically have control over his thinking processes, but something through learning experience compensating for its natural shackles.
Hence, humanity is never out of its shackles however much humanity thinks they're free from it.
You should do a video on the chullo, it has a fascinating history
Thanks. Pleasantly rivetting.
Excellent video
excellant presentation
Another authoritative, well researched history.
In the '90s, the Israeli army issued orders to shoot to kill anyone wearing a keffiyeh if it were wrapped around their face even if the person were standing around -- this furthered its role as a symbol of resistance because of the abuses resulting from this blanket policy. Before this, it was viewed largely as an article of 'traditional' clothing older men or the Bedouin wore with a village edge. Or Arafat. Women didn't wear it but in the last decade, that's changed -- and that's an interesting change along with using it as a neck scarf. I think that's also the influence of the emigres and protesters picking it up and then in turn influencing the local culture. My favourite style is the hot pink with embroidered roses. People get creative.
Would you be able to provide a source for your first claim?
@@juliabrowni9418 It's always easy to make up bogus claims without providing any legitimate source. Sad thing is that the way people are divided nowadays, many will just accept it as truth.
@JeSuisunHumain-222 I'm genuinely curious about this. But it seems like either a half-truth, a false claim, or an exaggerated claim. There is nothing that supports this claim from my own searching, so I was hoping the person who wrote this comment would provide a source for where they found or heard it.
@@juliabrowni9418 Exactly, I'm pretty familiar with this conflict, and I've never heard such a thing before. I have heard many many false claims. Going back many years. Unfortunately while hummus may have lost the actual war, the sad reality is that what started as a horrific tea roar attack, with SA and all sorts of things I can't write here. was seen by many college students and others as legitimate resistance. Even many Palestinians are realizing that Hummus only cares about their Iranian backed Islamic agenda, but that does not stop the college students and others with their own agenda. So yeah...let's see if this person replies I'm sure they have an agenda too. Hope you continue seeking truth.
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the old man with the all white thobe in the far right-down looks like Bassem Youssef
Amazing as always. How about a video on the Porkpie?
Most historians; Why are these two groups of people fighting?
The Hat Historian; what are these two groups of people fighting wearing on their heads?
One of the most versatile piece of headwear ever
Very interesting as usual
Thank you
Hello just a few things i would like to add in the modern sense the shemagh is made from a stiffer cotton and is most commonly worn in Saudi Arabia as for the rest of the gulf we more commonly wear the ghutra which is made from a more pliable cotton or polyester the difference in design should also be noted as the shemagh has the weave pattern while ghutras most commonly lack and pattern in some instances in the olden days the ghutra would have some small tassels around the edge or a embroidered similar to that found on shawls or what was commonly worn by sea captains at the time a sort of checkered print
Do a video about the Kalpak or the Papakha
Because of its most famous modern wearer it is called "arafatka" in Polish.
Wher I'm from, kitchen towel have traditionally very similar patterns, So the Kefiieh will in my mind for ever be associated with doing the dishes xD
They call it 'Arafatka' in Poland, after Arafat.
Interesting and informative as always. Is there a specific connection to the blue embroidered cap you were wearing underneath?
That's a taqiyah, a skullcap often worn by muslim men, that in this case is often worn under the scarf to help it stay in place and keep it looking presentable.
Αν μπορεσεις ....κανε ενα βιντεο για το μακεδονικο καπελο των σημερινων αφγανιστανων ευχαριστω
The Keffiyeh and palestine, not once did I ever think of they together. Different colors and different meanings.
Never before knew what the rings used to keep the shemagh on were called. I had one years ago, it got tossed out after it got too disgusting from being used as a cleaning rag.
Eqaal means Hobble.. Like hobbling a goat.. As in tying it's leg up so it can move but not move too far away
In France it's nicknames "Cochonou" because it look like the sausage brand with the cross section white and red(take a look on internet at the brand)
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You should do the fisherman/fiddler's cap. Most do not know how universal it was maybe because of all of the different names.
You should do the the pakol next!
As the video was winding down, I was wondering how you were going to tip your hat this time!
it was... challenging :p
Headwear yes. Hat? Ehh. Wish if it was more than setting it on top yer head you’d demonstrate it. I’ve been wearing red and white and b&w for over a decade. They’re so useful whether the weather. I’m a pale white guy but if I put one on like a balaclava like you said I get looks. I have a whole rainbow and many hats tho but I wear a keffiyeh or shemagh every day around my neck. Ready to cool me or warm me. I need to order a couple new ones. Prolly red and b&w again unless there’s a cool psychedelic one. Great show mate.
Could you please do the hardee hat it is one of my favorite hats
Thank you, Jean-Charles. I have wondered about the Keffiyeh... even to the point what is its name.
I'm a U.S. citizen currently residing in China. Wherever I go outside, I wear a Palestinian keffiyeh as a scarf, as a show of support for the students who are protesting the genocide globally.
NOTE: if you're in China, you can order black and white cotton Palestinian keffiyehs on Taobao for around 19RMB ($2.50USD) each.
Could you show the cloth laid out flat? Is it a simple rectangle?
The keffiyeh originated in Kufa Iraq, and the word itself is a derivative of the city's name. When it was used by the Arab Palestinian farmers in the Arab revolt it began its association with Palestinian resistance.
It originates in the Arabian peninsula.
It’s called many names in different dialects and it didn’t originate in Iraq but the Arabian peninsula among nomads.
@ChromeMan04 specifically the kiffeya black and white is the one that originated in kuffa, the fish net pattern was introduced later in Palestine when it was adopted by them during the first Arab revolt against the British occupation.
@ maybe idk, just wanted to say your fine lol
Nice essay yet again. The miter on the side was interesting shall we say balance point.
Cloud you do one on the traditional hat worn in Afghanistan, that round Elizabethan beret looking thing?
the pakol? it's on the list, I just have to acquire one.
@ thanks for the reply. I did not know the name, but that’s the one. Street vendors in NYC used to sell the right after the US attacked Afghanistan, along with Keffiyeh and the African Kufi.
In Jewish communities this style of head-scarf is known as a Sudra. Unlike the tallit , the sudra is often worn over the head like a turban. In many communities the Sudra was swapped out for the smaller kippah which could easily be concealed under a hat, allowing Jews to be in compliance with local laws that restricted how Jews were allowed to dress.
I was surprised to hear you use the term DAESH, which I rarely hear in the West. I was introduced to the term by my Saudi students, and I always thought it was much smarter to use than "The so-called Islamic State", popular among US journalists.
It's the preferred term in France, and I find it more specific than ISIS or ISIL (and I gather it's a stealth insult in Arabic to them, which is a bonus)
Do one about the afghan/pakistan pakol.
BTW some people say, "I tip my eqal to you," which is just an imitation for the Western way of showing respect. But if you said that, you would be understood.
Interesting. Maybe I should have just tipped that, doing the whole thing was a little awkward...
The type of red=white check pattern worn by the HatHistorian was briefly popular as an American Hipster fashion thing about 15 yrs ago. But it was any color plus white in the check pattern. I once asked a co-worker about her pink-white keffiyeh and whether she had a tie to Palestine, and she had no idea what I was asking about. F-ing hipsters having no idea what culture they were appropriating.
Every region of Arabia, mostly due to its tribal allegiance used to have their own pattern (just like with tartan patterns differ for all clans in Scotland). In 1930s Saudi government passed a law to unify the national dress - they forced everyone to stop wearing traditional Hijazi yellow turbans and introduced dress of the Saud tribe (from the region of Najd). Most gulf arabs wear plain white in th3 Hest of the summer and other colours (red and white in gulf, black and white in Iraq and Palestine) in winter.
When it comes to iqal - if you look at photos from 1920 and older, most arabs used to wear a turban wrapped on top of the kufiyyah, instead of Iqal. Iqal is a tradition of begins from Najd region.
Iqal was worn by Bedouin tribes made out of sheep and wool skin as a way to tie their camels in the desert. Ur right that some Arabs would use a turban cloth to hold their ghutra in place but that was mostly urban Arabs as many couldn’t afford an Iqal.
The talit was not a garment worn for clothing it is just worn while praying as far as I know?
You are correct.
@cwctlh just wondering what equivalence it has to the keffiyeh then, apart from being a sheet of fabric in the same part of the world
@@whitewittockThis is the best information I could find about the Jewish prayer shawl known in Hebrew as the tallis or tallit (depending on which pronunciation system is used). Many of the videos I found were made by individuals or organizations that are not actually Jewish. They are followers of Jesus who follow some Jewish traditions while recognizing Jesus as the Messiah. Others were from extremely observant followers of Judaism who were focusing on an audience of less observant Jews who have some background on the topic. The video below is from an authentically Jewish organization. Some Jewish men carry their prayer shawls to synagogue in a fabric case designed for that purpose but many synagogues also have a place where Jews can keep them between uses.
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@@cwctlh thanks for your research, I'm secular Jewish so I have a bit of background. I have not read anything to link the keffiyeh to the talit though
@@whitewittockMy apologies for giving you the kindergarten level explanation, lol, only to find out that you're a fellow member of the Tribe. I don't recall hearing about a link between the tallit and the keffiyeh. I'm a secular Jew myself. I have a South African Zulu virtual friend who is interested in learning about Judaism because he's an avid learner about anything and everything. It has forced me - in a good way - to refresh my memory about things I learned ages ago as a kid and learn some new things.
another great video! enjoyed thoroughly. could you tell us little about the headband? that you wore inside of the keffiyeh? is that a part of the keffiyeh?
that's a taqiyah, a skullcap often worn by muslim men, that in this case is often worn under the scarf to help it stay in place and keep it looking presentable.
Please do the Chullo 🇵🇪
Next video... The army cap?
Just knowing how to pronounce it is enlightening.
It's interesting that there is no visor. I would think that a visor would be very helpful to protect the eyes from the sun.
Interesting take. Wondering where you sourced your research. A great deal of it reads as being orientalism. I don't think or I hope that was not your intention.
What is the difference between the way the men and the women wear it?
Generaly its called shmagh in iraq ang Gulf region. Only in Palestine its called keffiyeh.
I am curious, in technical terms does this actually count as a hat?
Mitre when?
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