39-year-olds wants shaped eyebrows, and Aya wants the entire face of makeup; Wedding after Iftar is planned for that evening.
“The wedding of my niece,” says Amani. “We celebrate the bride with a small family gather before the groom takes into your tent.”
Noor Salon
The salon is a small blue tent with one table inside at the top of the damaged mirror, depilation tools, humidifiers and some makeup.
Outside of tents in Al-Shujaeya east of Gaza City, white hand written reading: “Noor Salon” hangs near the deserted entrance.
This is Noor Al-Ghamari Salon, a dream project for a young woman who stops with her sister college to continue his love for his hair and makeup.
She set it about three weeks ago on the destroyed pavement, the only option available when she and her family returned to the north from their relocation to the south.
After greeting Amani and Aya, she begins to soften a small piece of sugarpal paste, gently mixed it in her hands and starts working.
“Since I opened, so many women came to my heart stories … about the loss of families and loved ones. They arrive exhausted, their faces drained from light,” Noor said.
The idea of a cosmetic salon in the middle of the war may look strange, Amani and Noor agree, but the rank only worries can help women.
“Women come from a tent, overcrowded schools or ruins of their destroyed homes.
“I try to offer them a moment of comfort, little escape. My main goal is to leave them feeling even just a little easier, a little happier.”
Ammani, who was displaced for Deir El-Balah and recently returned to the north, also did not think about leaving the beautician in the early days of the war.
In the end, she came across a similar salon in Deir El-Balah and began to go so regularly in order to be able to.
“Take care of yourself, changes my mood, especially when I see my reflection in the mirror. I always want to look presented.
“Tragedy around us never end. The visit to the cosmetic salon is … a small escape of all the difficulties around us,” she added.
She was “enthusiastic” in the north when she saw the Noor’s salon and immediately expanded good news to their neighbors and relatives.
Beauty in the middle of a war
Noor believes that the war is especially cruel for women in Gaza – taking them away about their homes and safety and their abilities for themselves to see themselves in survival.
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“On top of that, they do not have privacy in overcrowded displacement camps without mentioning fear, bombing and all war horrors.”
Still, she says, she had clients of all ages that feel that she is necessary for them.
“I met many women who could not handle one wandering hair on his face or eyebrows. Some came to me every week, another regularly or occasionally,” says Noor.
She recalls the client once, the woman in her early 30s went through a huge trauma when her parents and all her branches were killed in the Israeli air attack.
Dealing with his loss meant that a woman lost all the desire to do anything.
“I felt so deep for her,” says Noor.
“I gave her a complete treatment – threaded, eyebrow shaping, hairstyle, even a free face massage and a mask.
“When he looked in the mirror, her eyes filled with happy tears.”
Holding on to dreams
The Israeli war on Gaza began right as Noor dreamed, putting plans for his – brick-and-mortar – salon.
Like everyone in Gaza, her life and plans were turned upside down as her parents and her parents and her eight brothers and sisters were forced to run south after the Israeli evacuation order.
The first two months of her only thoughts were survival and helped her family, she says.
“But after the beginning months, when we settled in the displaced camp in the south, I heard that women say things were like:” If only there were a hairdresser or a salon nearby, so we could take care of ourselves. ”
“I would answer:” I am a beautician! “” Noor laughs.
“Women would grab me as if they had just found a treasure, and I would start working immediately.”
Some women reached her, as she went to others in their tents – depending on their needs.
Now her work became an essential source of revenue for her and her family during the war, although he could not fill five to eight customers.
“I live here, I understand reality,” she says, explaining why her prices holds low.
‘War in age
Amani seems restless until Noor ends her face thread.
She asks if Noor can color her hair, but noor can’t.
“There is no water in this area,” she explains. “The painting needs liquid water, and my tent is on the sidewalk, surrounded by destroying – no water, no electricity, nothing.
“I work with the simplest equipment and I only offer basic services.”
Amani sighed, running his fingers through her sifting hair under her hijab.
“I only used a few of the gray hairs. But now, that’s everywhere. This war old was old,” she says with a sad smile.
Noor drawn attention to Aya, talking about her dress color to choose the appropriate makeup.
“Today I brought my daughter to take a little take care of myself – as a way to raise the mood,” Aman said, he smiled in her daughter, whose eyes were closed for the eyeshadow application.
“I want to grow up knowing that she should always take care of yourself, no matter what.
“I also want to bring her some joy. What we saw during this war was out of the devastation.”
How Noor adds its final touches of Ajin makeup, has been discussing their dreams for a long time.
“More than anything, I want this war to finish so I can expand my job, move on to the appropriate salon and offer more services.
“But my message to all women is this: take care of yourself, no matter what. Life is short.”
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2025-03-09 12:07:00
