The keffiyeh’s prominence soared notably in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a Palestinian nationalist movement, adopted and popularized the garment.

Pictures of Andrew Cuomo schmoozing with then-Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat back in 2000 are being revisited now that he's making a combat bid for mayor.

Whatever your views of Yasser Arafat’s complex political career, that man wore a scarf like no other. To attempt an exact reproduction of his distinctive folding and bunching (intended to mimic ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat, who triumphantly forced his people's plight into the world spotlight but failed to achieve his lifelong quest for Palestinian statehood, died Thursday at age 75.