Keffiyeh and Smile
Look, I have so much to say about the disillusionment I've been wrestling with the past several years re: zionism and Palestine and a deep and uncomfortable understanding I now have for Nazi-sympathizers or apologists, but that is a much longer post than the 15 minutes of writing time I have right now, so we'll stick with this. I started wearing a keffiyeh about a year ago as my winter scarf, but also just around because I like to wear a scarf. And I also want Palestine (and all people, really) to be free from oppression. And let me tell you what has happened: I smile WAY more now. Fascinating, right? I purposefully smile HUGE at everyone I encounter while wearing it; so much so that I have trained my face to smile at everyone all the time! The smiles started as an attempt to disarm anyone who may have an initial reaction to seeing the keffiyeh, since some folks are told it's a symbol of destruction and terrorism rather than what it actually is, which is a symbol...