February 27, 2006
Fashion Jihad?
Notice anything about this photo of a meeting between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Teheran last week (via Powerline)?
Why are they both wearing western style semi-formal clothing? Where is the kaffiyeh or turban? Have they internalized western style norms or are they performing? For whom might they be performing?
(Dan: Does this count as breaking out of structure?)
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i think this started somewhere between the death of weltschmerz-seventies, ironic retro-chic Arafat and the svelte, kicky new look of Saddam Hussein on trial. As for these particular statesmen, perhaps they have discovered an election-season 'compassionate islamofascism' template?
Posted by: ooghe at February 28, 2006 09:24 AM
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