Henna tattoo art is an ancient practice with profound cultural and spiritual significance. The intricate patterns made using this natural plant dye can symbolize blessings, protection, and joy and are ...
During weekly bridal appointments, Neha Assar sits cross-legged for five to nine hours as she examines the fine lines and shape of a bride’s hands, gently squeezing the tip of a henna cone and drawing ...
Ozge Sesenoglu-Laird of Shaker Heights gets a henna design painted on her leg by Kristina Haberek, a henna artist from Cleveland, while her daughter Lara watches. Shaker Heights held an arts and music ...
Sana Nisar grew up with henna as part of her everyday cultural landscape. Now the Charlotte artist wants to show how this ancient practice is an art form with endless possibilities. Self-taught, Nisar ...
It’s hard to pin down the exact origin of the ancient body art of henna. Some speculate that Cleopatra, perhaps the first name that comes to mind when one thinks of the words “consummate beauty,” used ...
I love the way I feel on Eid, whether it's Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha. For me, Eid feels like Eid once I've gotten dressed up in my outfit of choice, spent time with family, taken an Eid picture, had ...
With the crescent moon that signals the start of Ramadan this weekend, henna artists across New York City are mixing their paste and clearing their schedules for one of the busiest times of the year.
Vineeta Rajani had little understanding of Christmas while growing up in India. But after embracing Canadian life when she arrived here in 2009, Rajani is marrying her love for an ancient art form ...
Henna tradition was practiced by the elderlies, and picked up by girls one generation after the other, challenging the latest fashion trend. It is a Gulf art practiced by the grandmothers, and then it ...