Others say the fabric, occasionally referred to as the data within the Levant, has origins that pre-date Islam and can be traced back to Mesopotamia, whilst it was worn via Sumerian and Babylonian priests around 5,000 years in the past.

"Its origins are open to speculation," Anu Lingala, creator of A Socio-political History of the Keffiyeh, tells Middle East Eye. "Until very recently, those styles of designed items were now not taken critically as topics of academic studies. The exception becomes for designed objects that had been associated with elite repute and wealth, whereas the keffiyeh changed into traditionally related to working lessons."

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