Beachfront keffiyeh and the provincial Saada

Samuel Blaum displays a new design of a traditional Arab scarf known as a 'keffiyeh' on the beachfront in Tel Aviv January 23, 2007. The design is in the Israeli flag's blue and white colours with Star of David design with two blue stripes. The designer says he hopes that the keffiyeh will bridge the cultural divide between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East. Reuters - Yonathan Weitzman


A Yemeni Jewish family gather outside a hotel in the northern Yemeni province of Saada January 24, 2007. They are among a group of 45 Yemeni Jews who left their homes in the provincial city of Saada after receiving death threats from radical Muslim groups. (Reuters - Khaled Abdullah all photos)




No Arab garb will hide the beautiful green eyes of the Jewish mother.