CAIRO --- "Shaggy," "messy," "unprofessional." Natural curls were once looked down upon in Egypt, where Western beauty standards favored sleek, straight locks. Now, things are changing. For Rola Amer and Sara Safwat, their curls were once a career-hindering nuisance. Now part of an aesthetic liberation movement sweeping Egypt in recent years, they own a curly hair salon that caters to women and men like them. Amer used to spend hours straightening her bouncy curls, she told Agence France-Presse (AFP) as she began her day at the Curly Studio, which became Egypt's first natural hair salon in 2018. "Curly hair takes a lot longer to cut than straight hair," Amer said, meticulous...
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