Meet the Woman Behind New York’s First Beauty Salon for Hijabis
Muslim women can really let their hair down at this salon. Huda Quhshi, 37, opened New York’s first female-only beauty salon catering to hijab-clad clients.
As it’s forbidden in Islam for women to show their hair to men outside the family, visiting hair salons can be difficult. Quhshi, who wears a hijab herself, says that she’s always had a hard time finding a hairdresser which could accommodate her.
“I once decided to go to a salon and when a man walked in I had to throw my head scarf over my wet hair and run to a back room,” she told the New York Post.
Her beauty parlor, on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, is called Le’Jemalik Salon — “for your beauty” in Arabic. The man-free sanctuary will offer up a range of typical beauty services such as hair, waxing, facials and manicures and pedicures, while providing unique services like henna and halal nails and eyebrow shaping.
“We’re always coming up with ways to accommodate women who want certain things but can’t get what they want because of their religion,” Quhshi said.
