Sarah Jama
The Ontario Legislature has banned the wearing of keffiyehs because donning the garment is making a "political statement," the speaker says., Independent MPP for Hamilton Centre, is pictured here outside her office in the Ontario Legislature wearing a keffiyeh. The Ontario Legislature has banned the wearing of keffiyehs because donning the garment is making a "political statement," the speaker says.
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles and , Independent MPP for Hamilton Centre, are objecting to the ban. Jama drew attention to the ban through a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.In an April 12 letter to the speaker, Stiles urged Arnott to reconsider the ban, saying she considers it unacceptable.
"The wearing of these important cultural and national clothing items in our Assembly is something we should be proud of. It is part of the story of who we are as a province," she said. "Seeing those in power in this country at all levels of government, from federal all the way down to school boards, aid Israel's colonial regime with these tactics in the oppression of Palestinian people proves that reconciliation is nothing but a word when spoken by state powers," she said.Keffiyehs are a common garment across the Arab world, but they hold a special meaning in the Palestinian resistance movement.
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