Keffiyeh bandage
ضمّادة الكوفيّة
Aside from the fact that this keffiyeh bandage can be used for wounds on hands and arms, it is also a sign for solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for liberation. Wrapped around the wrist, it becomes a metaphor for healing the Palestinian cause.
- Asieh Dehghani (IR)
Asieh Dehghani is an Iranian graphic designer, currently enrolled in the in the Think Tank for Visual Strategies masters program of the Sandberg Institute.
- Hirbawi Textile Factory (PS)
Yasser Hirbawi opened the Hirbawi Textile Factory in 1961 in Hebron, operating 15 machines and producing 150,000 keffiyehs annually by the early 1990s. Today, due to the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords and the opening of trade with the outside world, only four machines remain in operation producing a mere 10,000 scarves a year. Not one of these scarves are exported, as overseas suppliers produce mass quantities at a fraction of the price, and the shrinking Palestinian economy and Israeli checkpoints and roadblocks create further hindrances to production and trade for small businesses like Mr. Hirbawi’s. In Mr. Hirbawi’s own words: “My machines are in good shape. They can start working tomorrow. I just need a market.” The Keffiyeh’s black and white pattern has come to symbolize the Palestinian struggle; the middle pattern, with its “wire mesh fence” design represents the Israeli occupation, while the oblong-shaped patterns on the side represent olive leaves- a symbol of Palestine and peace.
- Star Fashion (PS)
Star Fashion is a sewing workshop based in Ramallah.
2014
Keffiyeh
6 x 250 cm
€9,00
