Author: Maram Humaid
Published on: 09/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Amani Dweima has come to the salon with her daughter, Aya, 16. The 39-year-old wants her eyebrows shaped, and she wants a full face of makeup. There’s a wedding planned for that evening after iftar. Amani, who was displaced to Deir el-Balah and has recently returned to the north, didn’t think about going to a beautician at all in the early days of the war. Eventually, she came across a similar salon and started to go as regularly as she could. Beauty amid war Noor believes the war has been particularly cruel to women in Gaza – stripping them of their homes and security. Noor, in her early 30s, had been through a huge trauma when her parents and all her siblings were killed in an Israeli air raid. She gave her a full treatment – threading, eyebrow shaping, a haircut, even a free face massage and masque. For the first two months, her only thoughts were of survival and helping her family, she says. Amani sighs, running her fingers through her greying hair beneath her hijab. Noor shifted her attention to Aya, discussing the colour of her dress to choose matching makeup.
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