>>75353Shemags where copied from the Palestine by the British army.
The keffiyeh has been a fashion accessory in the United States since the late 1980s. In the early 2000s, keffiyehs were very popular among adolescents in Tokyo, who often wore them with camouflage clothing.
keffiyeh/kufiya and shemag is the same.
Taliban wear one-coloured, or more simple patterned scarfs.