Life & Society
Staring in the mirror, trying to tame her hair, Fatma Yasser wondered if her natural curls were, in fact, “too wild,” as her aunt told her. The 26-year-old marketing specialist straightened her hair for years before she felt confident enough to embrace her natural hair. “When I first stopped straightening it , my own relatives told me I looked unkempt and asked why I wasn’t making an effort to look presentable,” Yasser told Egyptian Streets. For years, straight hair was…
