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#african refugees

As she holds her young daughter's hand firmly, Halima, a Sudanese henna painter living in Egypt, walks towards an Egyptian household to prepare a bride for her wedding. In a room full of cheering, dancing and chatter, she seems uncomfortably tense and silent as she waits to find a safe spot to work. "The henna lady is here," one woman says while she clears some space for Halima to sit down,"come on girls, leave the room so that the henna…