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Topshop pulls ‘keffiyeh playsuit’ after row over cultural theft

Topshop, the fashion chain, has pulled a playsuit in a monochrome scarf print after it was accused of “cultural appropriation" for using a pattern similar to the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. The keffiyeh has been a symbol of Palestinian nationalism that was made famous in the 1960s by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. It is widely considered a symbol of Palestinian resistance and is often worn today as a sign […]

today7 April 2017

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