Comments on: كوفية http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/ We are Flesh-and-Spirit on a journey to Integral Unity with God. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Huw http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Huw Tue, 01 May 2007 07:10:53 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/#comment-385 Karl - wonderful to hear from you! I hope all is going well. You're right about the upper classes: the ones at my Alma Mater being a good example. I've tried telling folks over and over, if you can own a house pretty much anywhere in the Bay Area, you're in a VERY different class than I. Peter - being in the states, we have two types of culture: American-made-in-China and Other. I wonder how the keffiyeh would go with my new beard? Karl - wonderful to hear from you! I hope all is going well. You’re right about the upper classes: the ones at my Alma Mater being a good example. I’ve tried telling folks over and over, if you can own a house pretty much anywhere in the Bay Area, you’re in a VERY different class than I.

Peter - being in the states, we have two types of culture: American-made-in-China and Other. I wonder how the keffiyeh would go with my new beard?

]]> By: peter http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/comment-page-1/#comment-377 peter Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:18:54 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/#comment-377 I bought mine from a vendor in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra" rel="nofollow">تدمر</a>. I assumed that I overpaid for them since I was clearly a tourist, but when I showed my purchases to my Syrian friend the next day, he was impressed both with the quality of the scarf and the price that I paid. That being said, I have yet to wear it. I'm wary of that whole cultural appropriation thing. Perhaps the next time I try visiting the Excited States of America I should drape it over my shoulders. Or not. I bought mine from a vendor in تدمر. I assumed that I overpaid for them since I was clearly a tourist, but when I showed my purchases to my Syrian friend the next day, he was impressed both with the quality of the scarf and the price that I paid.

That being said, I have yet to wear it. I’m wary of that whole cultural appropriation thing. Perhaps the next time I try visiting the Excited States of America I should drape it over my shoulders. Or not.

]]> By: Karl Thienes http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Karl Thienes Mon, 30 Apr 2007 02:20:35 +0000 http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/04/29/379/#comment-374 Often, the same upper class and pampered students who sported these expensive pieces of (what Tom Wolfe might call "radical chic") clothing would be the same ones pontificating in class about "capitalist hegemony" and the "exploitation of labor" etc....the irony never seemed to strike anyone but me, I suppose. And, I must say, that scarf in your icon corner is very nice. Often, the same upper class and pampered students who sported these expensive pieces of (what Tom Wolfe might call “radical chic”) clothing would be the same ones pontificating in class about “capitalist hegemony” and the “exploitation of labor” etc….the irony never seemed to strike anyone but me, I suppose.

And, I must say, that scarf in your icon corner is very nice.

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