Overview
- Photographs from the Cannes Film Festival show Hadid wearing a key-shaped necklace that appears to form the outline of Palestine and was highly visible with her Tom Ford outfit.
- The key motif references the 1948 Nakba and is widely used by Palestinians as a symbol of the ‘right of return’ and generational memory of displacement.
- Press reports say one possible maker is Nazlia Yunus of Chvker Jewelry, who has claimed to have been commissioned for necklaces for Hadid, but Hadid has not confirmed the designer.
- Hadid has repeatedly used red carpets and fashion items to highlight Palestinian identity, a pattern that includes a keffiyeh dress at Cannes in 2024 and public protest appearances.
- Her pro-Palestinian visibility has drawn intense public scrutiny, fact-checking of past posts, reports of lost commercial work that companies deny were politically driven, and renewed discussion about the risks celebrities face when they take public political stands.