{"id":47733,"date":"2021-10-21T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T06:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=33775"},"modified":"2021-10-21T11:03:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T07:03:24","slug":"newcastle-united-urges-its-fans-to-not-wear-middle-east-inspired-head-coverings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/neom\/en\/latest\/newcastle-united-urges-its-fans-to-not-wear-middle-east-inspired-head-coverings\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United Urges Its Fans To NOT Wear &#8216;Middle East Inspired Head Coverings&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve watched Newcastle United&#8217;s Premier League match earlier this week, you can&#8217;t help but notice the amount of people wearing the shimag. Okay, not all of them wore it properly and some wore tea towel and tried to pass that off as a shimag.<\/p>\n<p>In light of this the club has issued guidelines for those who normally do not wear such headresses to avoid it as it may be culturally inappropriate.<\/p>\n<h2>A club statement said: \u201cNewcastle United is kindly asking supporters to refrain from wearing traditional Arabic clothing or Middle East-inspired head coverings at matches if they would not ordinarily wear such attire.\u201d<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NUFC<\/a> is kindly asking supporters to refrain from wearing traditional Arabic clothing or Middle East-inspired head coverings at matches if they would not ordinarily wear such attire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NUFC\/status\/1450809166700875777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fan groups, on the other hand, have claimed to wear it in light of the takeover of the club by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia&#8217;s PIF earlier this month. This takeover was much celebrated by fans who saw this as a possible rejuvenation of the club just as Manchester City and Chelsea had after their takeovers by owners willing to shed money on hiring the best of talents.<\/p>\n<p>But is it really inappropriate? Let us know what you think in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;ve watched Newcastle United&#8217;s Premier League match earlier this week, you can&#8217;t help but notice the amount of people wearing the shimag. Okay, not all of them wore it properly and some wore tea towel and tried to pass that off as a shimag. 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