Author Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York Museums keffiyeh ban

Author Jhumpa Lahiri declines award over New York Museum's keffiyeh ban

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award from New York's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh scarves, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity, citing an updated dress code. Lahiri's decision follows global protests against Israel's war in Gaza, where the keffiyeh is widely worn in support of Palestinian self-determination.