[Vision2020] Head Scarves and the 9-11 Hijackers

[Andreas Schou]

On 2/9/07, J Ford <privatejf32 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Correction:  When you review the tapes of the killers of 911 at the airport
> and the other several photos and videos that have been shown of them, not
> one of them has anything on their heads - not even a ball cap.  So, at least
> in these cases, the turban-wearing of the culture was not observed.

Weirdly, given this stereotype, "turbans" are not commonly worn by
Arabs anymore, though, historically, they have been. More common is
the keffiyeh*, which is a little more like a do-rag than the
elaborately wrapped tuban.

-- ACS

* Also known as "that thing Yasser Arafat wore."