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Middle East News on Nov. 2nd, 2019
Saturday, November 02, 2019
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By James M. Dorsey
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Protests in Lebanon have evolved into more than a fight against failed and corrupt government that has long stymied development in the Middle East and North Africa.
The protests constitute a rare demand for political and social structures that emphasize national rather than ethnic or sectarian religious identities in a world in which civilizational leaders who advocate some form of racial, ethnic or religious supremacy govern the world’s major as well as key regional powers.
“One, one, one, we are one people,” is a popular slogan chanted by Lebanese protesters irrespective of their denomination.
Tens of thousands of protesters emphasized last Sunday the quest for a political structure and identity that transcends sect by forming a human chain that stretched along Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast.
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Connoisseurs of traditional Middle Eastern clothing,
What are the historical/cultural origins of the kaffiyeh and other headdresses associated with the region? May I, as a non-native, wear one while being respectful of custom I may not know of? In other words...are there any kind of cultural appropriation issues for any given person wearing a headdress? Thanks in advance!
Hạnh Dương
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