colin farell wears a kaffiya

GOTFIVEONIT · #1 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 07:56 AM

kool. after i saw this on tv, i started wearing my kaffiyah like this from now on. i dare some bufoon to say crap to me about it. and if i catch anyone staring at me for wearing it, im gonna get into thier face about it!

colin farell wore this at the sundance film festival, i think in aspen, colorado.

GOTFIVEONIT · #2 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 07:59 AM

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MossadConspiracy · #3 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:05 AM

i think those scarves became trendy last winter. i still see people wearing them sometimes but not as much as last year. probably going to go out of fashion by next year, along with those stupid looking native american moccasins

GOTFIVEONIT · #4 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy

i think those scarves became trendy last winter. i still see people wearing them sometimes but not as much as last year. probably going to go out of fashion by next year, along with those stupid looking native american moccasins

hehe thats funny. i have been wearing mine for well over a decade now. but i had to stop wearing it after sept. 11, but now that its 'in fashion' i guess i can get away with it without getting any stares hehehe.

MossadConspiracy · #5 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:09 AM

did you get stares for wearing the scarf before the fad began? isnt your town full of foreigners?

GOTFIVEONIT · #6 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy

did you get stares for wearing the scarf before the fad began? isnt your town full of foreigners?

it doesnt matter, after sept 11, everything changed. the cops harrass us like crazy over in little india/pakistan. all they do is write tickets left and right for any little infraction, especially parking. if you dont park legally, you will get ticketed or towed right away, which is a problem for jummah. because the streets get packed with cars, because well over a thousand MEN attend the main mosque over there, which is like one sqaure block long, running east and west.

just two or three years ago, i wore my kaffiyah to a video store near my house. i live in a heavily irish town just next to the city limits. and a teeny bopper white girl saw me wearing my kaffiyah, and gave me this crazy look. after that i stopped wearing it in public.

GOTFIVEONIT · #7 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:26 AM

but as far as statistics are concerned, i think we representative of the overall national average. which is about 33% south asian Muslims, and 30% arab-american muslims. its a major city, the third biggest in america, home to one of the, if not the, tallest building in the world. were not some backwater city in the stix, like you would find some place in maryland. so i think our population is pretty representative for the rest of america.

we also have alot of african muslims too. i mean people whose origins lie in africa itself. especially a very large somali community. and a very large nigerian muslim community, along with sudanese as well. alot of egyptians here too.

displaced · #8 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:28 AM

I dislike colin farell as an actor. he's not the slightest bit diverse.

shadha · #9 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:32 AM

I think its a nice quiet way to show your support. I have both red and black, but I don't know where my black one is. I haven't wore either of them out...I mean damn I wear the Hijab, I think everyone knows where my support goes...but I did see a guy-customer at work wearing one.

shadha-

shadha · #10 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:34 AM

displaced: I dislike colin farell as an actor. he's not the slightest bit diverse.

True, but he is also incredibly MashaAllah [could lose the earrings though

] and his voice is incredibly MashaAllah, so his poor acting skills are excused for me.

shadha-

Revert · #11 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:44 AM

I thini its funny that American girls find the Irish accent attractive. In europe the Irish viewed as retarded..not fair but thats the stereotype...

The Keffiyah is a nice way to show support...without being too obvious..

shadha · #12 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 08:54 AM

Revert: I thini its funny that American girls find the Irish accent attractive. In europe the Irish viewed as retarded..not fair but thats the stereotype...

It's the best accent on that entire side of the world.

shadha-

zakk · #13 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 09:03 AM

People used to wear those when I was in high school, along with those potato sack shirts.

Revert · #14 (**permalink**) 01-20-2008, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by shadha

Revert: I thini its funny that American girls find the Irish accent attractive. In europe the Irish viewed as retarded..not fair but thats the stereotype...

It's the best accent on that entire side of the world.

shadha-

Yeah its not bad for a wife beating drunk...i kid kid...my auntie married into an Irish family so I can say that!