Danyeal Zaiter happy to offer a moment of normalcy to the displaced. (Credit: Mohammad Issa)
The classic barber’s chair here is far from professional. Instead, a simple plastic seat has been set up on the seafront sidewalk in Ain al-Mreisseh.A small mirror rests against a palm tree. Someone brings over a little table. Someone else drags over a stool, the clippers start buzzing.Behind this makeshift setup is Danyeal Zaiter, 23, sleeves rolled up, hands precise and focused. Every day, he drives from Wadi al-Zeina, a village just north of Saida where he was born and raised, taking the coastal road toward Beirut to find the displaced families who have taken refuge between Ain al-Mreisseh and the beach. "I come down every day," he says. "I’m usually here from 11 a.m. until sunset." More about the displaced Shiite displaced: The 'unwelcome' of Lebanon's new war The salon is improvised, put together mostly by...
The classic barber’s chair here is far from professional. Instead, a simple plastic seat has been set up on the seafront sidewalk in Ain al-Mreisseh.A small mirror rests against a palm tree. Someone brings over a little table. Someone else drags over a stool, the clippers start buzzing.Behind this makeshift setup is Danyeal Zaiter, 23, sleeves rolled up, hands precise and focused. Every day, he drives from Wadi al-Zeina, a village just north of Saida where he was born and raised, taking the coastal road toward Beirut to find the displaced families who have taken refuge between Ain al-Mreisseh and the beach. "I come down every day," he says. "I’m usually here from 11 a.m. until sunset." More about the displaced Shiite displaced: The 'unwelcome' of Lebanon's new war The salon is improvised, put together mostly...
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