2023-06-23 18:00:03
The Lebanese Ellie Ang Wahba used to go with her father to the barber to watch how he cuts his hair and takes care of him from a young age, wondering why this profession is still the preserve of men, until she entered the field when she was 14 years old.
Despite her father’s opposition at first, the young woman insisted on the idea and gained experience for several years, before the 20-year-old now became the youngest men’s barber in Lebanon and perhaps in the Arab world, and opened her own salon for men’s grooming in her town of Kfarshima, near Beirut, following her father joined her mother. With approval and support.
Eli Ang’s father provided his daughter with an apartment adjacent to his apartment in the same building for her to use as a salon for her work, following he believed in her and her persistence and success, especially amid the demand for her salon by customers of all ages.
In her interview with “Sky News Arabia”, she said to Aang, “The past 7 years have been full of challenges, especially since many have tried to limit her resolve, and called on her to stop working.” She added: “One of the men told me that the women’s place is in the kitchen, not work.” This opinion created a challenge for me and made me insist more on proving myself and my worth and proving equality between the sexes, and that the strength of women is comparable to the strength and determination of men.
The young woman called on the girls who receive encouragement and criticism to “insist on doing the work they want to do, not to be drawn into any discouraging or discouraging opinions, and not to be indifferent to criticism.” And she continued, “The basis of success at work is loving what one does, which makes me wait every morning to go to my work with optimism and passion, especially since a large number of people go to their jobs frustrated following they have done jobs they don’t like.”
She also pointed out that “despite the economic crisis in Lebanon, she financed her own business, which is a men’s barbershop.”
Regarding the way she was able to achieve this, she said: “For a period of more than a year and a half, I saved every dollar and deprived myself of some new clothes to secure chairs, tools and equipment for the salon without the help of anyone.” And she continued, “I tired a year to rest for the rest of the years. I will not be satisfied with this salon, but I aspire to go global and open branches abroad.”
On the other hand, Wahba revealed that the first customer in her salon was her father, then the customers spread the advertisement to the salon and they came one by one, pointing out that it provides services including “laser hair removal and tattoo removal.”
She also “doesn’t go to any handyman”, repairing her own shaving and hair-cutting equipment.
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