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Hadeel Al-Shalchi is a reporter for the Associated Press, Cairo, Egypt.

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Saturday 9th May

It’s so hard to find obedient girls these days...

Hadeel Al-Shalchi, 9 May 2009

Five days before coming to Antigua, I stopped by my neighbourhood salon. It’s become a little hang out for me, where the ladies love to chit-chat as they scrub scalps, push back cuticles and fight to straighten Egyptian curls. All the workers come from working class families, so the salon is also a slice of Egypt that isn’t as easily accessible to expatriates like myself.

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