Why author Jhumpa Lahiri declined award from an NY museum?
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award from the Noguchi Museum in New York City. The decision came after the museum dismissed three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, a symbol of Palestinian solidarity. The firings were a result of the museum's updated dress code policy, which bans attire that expresses "political messages, slogans or symbols."