Celebrity Street Style - Mary-Kate's Bedouin Chic
Posted on Sat Sep 1st, 2007 10:30am PDT By X17 Staff
Made famous by Yasser Arafat and so many Arabs before him, a kaffiyeh scarf adorned Mary-Kate's tiny frame yesterday as she paid a visit to her hair stylist at Neil George salon. Is this a political statement for MK or a fashion statement or both? One might wonder if Ms. Olsen, after just a brief stint at NYU, would be aware of the political significance of the kaffiyeh as a symbol of the Palestinians. Bedouin people use the scarf to protect themselves from the sun and from desert sandstorms, but a kaffiyeh in LA? -- just a cute accessory or support for a people without a country?
I like the red in lieu of traditional black -- cute!
note to commenters: hey guys -- not sure why some of you have taken this post to be anti-arab. on the contrary, i'm trying to offer a little culture lesson here, folks! and one of my best friends is palestinian! when i say people without a country, i mean people who have been forced off their land and are forced to fight with rocks because they don't have the american money that they israeli army has to buy weapons and tanks. my question is -- do you think mary-kate cares about all this?
