Three Workers at New York's Noguchi Museum Fired After Wearing Keffiyehs on the Job
Three employees at the Noguchi Museum in New York were fired for violating an internal policy that banned keffiyehs, a garment symbolic of Palestinian culture. A fourth employee, the director of visitor services,
Art Museum Fires 3 Employees for Wearing Kaffiyehs
The Noguchi Museum said the headscarves, a symbol of Palestinian identity, violated a dress code that recently banned “political messages, slogans or symbols.”
Noguchi Museum Terminates Three Workers for Wearing Keffiyehs
The gallery attendants refused to comply with the museum’s new policy, which they told Hyperallergic goes against their own values and those of the institution.
Noguchi Museum in New York City fires workers for opposing Gaza genocide
The actions of the museum are doubly foul and hypocritical because the institution features the name and work of Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi, who was interned by the Roosevelt administration during the Second World War because of his ethnic background and who himself fought in defense of democratic rights.
‘Stupidity and Irony’ – Noguchi Art Museum Fires Employees for Wearing the Keffiyah
Three employees at New York City’s Noguchi Museum have been fired for wearing the keffiyah in violation of a new dress code.
New York City museum fires three employees for wearing keffiyehs
New York City's Noguchi Museum said on Wednesday it fired three employees after they violated its updated dress code by wearing keffiyeh head scarves, which have become an emblem of solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
New York City museum sacks three staff for wearing keffiyeh
Across the world, demonstrators have worn the black-and-white head scarf in protests demanding an end to Israel's war in Gaza
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Noguchi Museum fires three employees for failing to comply with ban on overtly political dress
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