Palestinian nationalist symbols 'represent a threat to school peace in the current situation and are prohibited,' says ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus’s ...

Pope Francis prays before the “Nativity of Bethlehem 2024” in the Paul VI Hall on Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In the wake of global controversy over a Nativity scene displayed ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element: a ...

The Nativity scene featuring a keffiyeh that was unveiled at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on December 7 was designed by Palestinian artists Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi of Bethlehem. (© ...

Whatever happened to the sin of cultural appropriation? This ideology of rebuke held sway on university campuses for years. The idea was that no member of the majority group should ever appropriate ...

The figure of the baby Jesus will be returned to the manger on December 24 but the keffiyeh may not be. Jesus Christ displayed on a Palestinian Keffiyeh scarf gifted by the Palestinian Higher ...

Pope Francis has repeated his call for a ceasefire in Gaza. On Saturday, the pope unveiled this year’s nativity scene at the Vatican. It portrays baby Jesus in a crib lined with a Palestinian keffiyeh ...

A keffiyeh, also spelled kufiya, (الكوفية) is a traditional Middle Eastern headdress (scarf) that is typically worn by men and recently by women. It is a square-shaped piece of cloth, usually made of ...