
The Scarf That Scares Settlers: Jesse Kline, the Keffiyeh, and the Colonial Fear of Arab Identity
By Dhamiri | Arabcore Media | May 2025 Jesse Kline’s recent op-ed in the National Post, titled “Keffiyeh-wearing kindergarten teachers create hostile environment at Toronto school,” is not just another reactionary rant against public education — it is a deeply Islamophobic, anti-Arab, and settler-colonial manifesto disguised as journalism. Beneath the coded language