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Shamso Ahmed smiles with red lipstick and a white hijab

Massachusetts gets its first hair salon that’s exclusively for women who wear hijab

In a neighborhood peppered with beauty shops, what makes Shamso Hair Studio and Spa unique is not the silver and black décor — or even the henna body art or the hammam steam spa — it is who is allowed in and who is not. 

Certain hair products — many of which are used on black girls from birth to help straighten their hair — have been linked to such health issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and breast cancer.

Study shows hair care products targeted to black community contain harmful chemicals

Health
Hair

The Army’s new grooming standards have led some soldiers to claim discrimination

Lifestyle & Belief
Hair

The Army’s new grooming standards have led some soldiers to claim discrimination

Lifestyle & Belief
Students at COSAT shave each other's heads

School Year: A dress code to keep the ‘gangsters’ away

Development & Education

Getting a Hijab Haircut

Lifestyle & Belief

Getting a haircut when you’re a Muslim woman who wears a headscarf can be a little challenging. 27-year-old Yasmin Shafiq of Virginia tells her story to producer Jonna McKone.

The World

When In Rome, Hairdo as the Romans Do

Arts, Culture & Media

Recently, the academic journal The Journal of Roman Archaeology published the debut article of a scholar whose advanced degree is a Maryland Senior Cosmetologist license.

The World

Iran’s latest campaign against western attire

Arts, Culture & Media

Iran has launched a new crackdown on Iranian men sporting western hairstyles and women wearing “immodest” dress, as Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Pooneh Ghoddosi who’s just returned from Iran.