Three of the museum's employees were fired for violating an internal policy banning keffiyehs, a garment symbolic of Palestinian solidarity.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, of Indian origin, has declined the prestigious 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award in protest against the Noguchi Museum’s newly introduced dress code policy. The policy prohibits employees from wearing clothing or accessories with political messaging,

Writer Jhumpa Lahiri declined a Noguchi Museum award over the institution's banning staff from wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestine

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has decided to decline the Isamu Noguchi Award from the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York, in response to the museum's recent ban on staff wearing politically expressive clothing.

Author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York's Noguchi Museum after its firing of staff members for wearing the keffiyah.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity,

The museum said the Pulitzer Prize-winning author withdrew her acceptance after it fired staff members for wearing clothing expressing political views.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award in protest of the Noguchi Museum's dismissal of employees for wearing keffiyeh scarves.

Pultizer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri of Indian-origin has turned down an award from the Noguchi Museum in Queens in protest after it fired three employees who had worn kaffiyehs in support of the Palestinians in Gaza,

Jhumpa Lahiri has declined the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award from New York's Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing the keffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity. The museum's new dress code prohibits political expressions,