In the Arabian Peninsula, the title is used for chiefs of tribes. This also includes royalty in most of Eastern Arabia, where the royal families were traditionally considered tribal chiefs. For example, it is used by the UAE Al-Nahyan dynasty and Al Maktoum dynasty, who are considered the chiefs of the Bani Yas tribe, and by Kuwait's Al Sabah dynasty and Bahrain's Al Khalifa dynasty of the Bani Utbah tribal confederation. The term is used by almost every male and female (Sheikha) member of the royal houses of the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait. The title is not used by members of Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, where the title "Prince" ( Arabic: أمير, romanized: ʾAmīr) is used instead. [ citation needed] The prayer cap is called thakiha. The cap is known as the thofi and the fishermen cap is referred to as koari. When worn by itself, the taqiyah can be any color. However, particularly in Arab countries, when worn under the keffiyeh headscarf, they are kept in a traditional white. Some Muslims wrap a turban around the cap, called an ʿimamah in Arabic, which is often done by Shia and Sunni Muslims. In the United States and Britain, taqiyas are usually referred to as "kufis". [3] "Topi" is a type of taqiyah cap that is worn in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, and other regions of South Asia. Many different types of topi caps include the Sindhi cap, worn in Sindh and the crochet topi that is often worn at Muslim prayer services. The topi cap is often worn with shalwar kameez, which is the national costume of Pakistan. Tipton, Frank B. (2003). A History of Modern Germany Since 1815. Continuum International Publishing Group. p.598. ISBN 0-8264-4910-7.

Topshop pulls 'keffiyeh playsuit' after row over cultural theft". middleeasteye.net . Retrieved 1 September 2017. In Indonesia, some of the people used the keffiyeh to show their solidarity with the Palestinians. [16] In 2008, Yasser Hirbawi, who for five decades had been the only Palestinian manufacturer of keffiyehs, was struggling with sales and has reported that sales had fallen "from 150,000 units per year in 1993 to a mere 10,000 units in 2010", [31] before transitioning from local to global online sales. [31] In the wake of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Hirbawi announced that the company, run by Yasser's sons since his death in 2018, [31] would donate profits from keffiyeh sold in October 2023 to the Palestine American Medical Association, [32] selling over 20,000 keffiyeh that month. [32] Other cultural symbolisms [ edit ] Ramachandran, Arjun (30 May 2008). "Keffiyeh kerfuffle hits Bondi bottleshop". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011 . Retrieved 24 September 2013.IFLA Committee on Cataloguing, IFLA International Office for UBC., IFLA International Programme for UBC., IFLA UBCIM Programme (1987). International cataloguing: quarterly bulletin of the IFLA Committee on Cataloguing, Volume 11. The Committee. p.24. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Swedenburg, Ted (1995). Memories of Revolt: The 1936–1939 Rebellion and the Palestinian National Past. University of Minnesota Press. p.35. ISBN 978-1-557-28763-2. Regions [ edit ] Central Asia [ edit ] A Tajik guitar player wearing a rug cap A Uyghur girl in a such cap Wearing such cap by Tatars women Mudde, Cas (2005). Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe. Routledge. p.34. ISBN 0-415-35594-X.

Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubayr (1993). "Hadith Literature Its origin, development and special features: Women Scholars of Hadith". The Islamic Texts Society Cambridge: 117–123 . Retrieved 23 February 2015. Ramachandran, Arjun (29 May 2008). "Celebrity chef under fire for 'jihadi chic' ". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011 . Retrieved 24 September 2013.During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, pro-Palestinian protests around the world saw people wearing keffiyeh. [17] As a part of a restrictions on pro-Palestinian protest in Germany, schools in Berlin banned the wearing of keffiyeh [18] and an individual said that he had been "forbidden to walk inside the city for 24 hours because [he] was wearing a keffiyeh". [18] Similar bans on pro-Palestinian protest across France [19] saw a protestor fined €135 for wearing a keffiyeh. [19] Likewise, legal observers at protests in London described "targeting by riot police of people wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh" and threats of arrest for doing so. [20] [21] [22] Protestors in Canada, [23] Lebanon, [17] Malaysia, [24] Morocco, [25] Pakistan, [17] the Netherlands, [26] and the United States [27] [28] were also wearing keffiyeh and Lidia Thorpe wore a keffiyeh when speaking in the Australian Senate to condemn Australian support for "an oppressive occupation" and "likening the struggle of Palestinians with Indigenous Australians". [29] Production [ edit ] A loom at work making a traditional Palestinian keffiyeh in the Hirbawi factory, Hebron, West Bank Holleman, Wouter (30 October 2023). "Support for Palestine during teach-in in Sanders Building". Erasmus Magazine . Retrieved 2 November 2023.

In Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, sheikhs are respected by local Muslims. In Indonesia, the term is usually spelled "syech", and this is usually attributed to elderly ulama. Higher knowledgeable people of Islamic studies in Indonesia are usually referred to as " ustad" or " kyai". [ citation needed] Iran [ edit ]a b "Save the Children of Gaza, Hirbawi Donating Profits". Hirbawi. 23 October 2023 . Retrieved 2 November 2023. In ancient times, Turkmens believed that tahýa protects the owner from the evil eye, evil, trouble, etc. Also, according to the customs, it was believed that it was impossible to transfer an old tahýa to another person or throw it away. In everyday life, tahýa was intended to protect the head from the sun. Tahýa shapes can be oval, round, high and low. They are sewn from different fabrics such as velvet, silk, satin and chintz. If the tahýas of the girls were decorated with different colorful patterns, then the men's tahýa was restrained and simple in patterns. Men put the tahýa on their shaved heads. The girls wore soft tahya decorated with multi-colored patterns. Taqiyah is the Arabic word for a Muslim skullcap. In the Indian subcontinent, it is called a topi ( Hindi: टोपी, Urdu: ٹوپی, Bengali: টুপি) which means hat or cap in general. In Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, men usually wear the topi with kurta and paijama. In the United States and Britain, many Muslim merchants sell the prayer cap under the name kufi. Sephardic Jews adopted the Bukharan from the Kufi (See Bukharan). El - Doaihi. A glimpse into the History of Ehden The Most Legendary Ehdenian Battles (2000BC - 1976). Up until the 2000s, Turkey banned the keffiyeh because it was considered a symbol of solidarity with the PKK. [33] Westerners in keffiyeh [ edit ] T.E. Lawrence at Rabegh, north of Jeddah, in 1917