Could this man be Men’s Health’s first transgender cover star?.When told the shop's policy was discriminatory, another barber responded "we don't care" and "women are not even allowed in the shop," the suit alleges. One of the barbers in the shop allegedly responded: "Like I said, we don't cut women's hair." How the transgender community went mainstream."Who says I'm a woman?" Trevis fired back, according to the lawsuit.
The suit alleges that Travis was told Hawleywood's was an "old-school barber shop" and it was best to try to get a cut at another salon. Will he be able to pull it off and how will the neighbourhood he loves react to his new venture?Īs Germany tackles a national debate about immigration and integration, Hussein is determined to find success by being true to himself.The owner of a California barber shop is in hot water after denying a haircut to a transgender male who was told he looked like a woman.Īccording to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in a Los Angeles court, Rose Trevis was bluntly informed that women were not welcome when attempting to get a haircut at Hawleywood's Barber Shop in Long Beach earlier this month. Now Hussein wants to take his distinctive style on the road, creating a barbershop on wheels in an old American school bus.Įnsuring that the bus is not only roadworthy but also meets his exacting standards will be one of the biggest challenges Hussein has faced. “In the shop,” he reflects, “I don’t feel like an Arab… I see myself in my surroundings, in my shop, as a Berliner.” His willingness to embrace this is a reflection of more than just his entrepreneurial spirit – it goes to the heart of his belief in integration. Cafes, nail bars, second-hand clothes shops and bars occupy the ground floors of its red-roofed townhouses.īut with its luxury treatments, fine cigars and prices to match, Hussein’s barbershop seems to reflect a change taking root in Neukolln – gentrification. Home to people from more than 160 countries, Neukolln has become the centre of the German capital’s Arab community. Hussein in his element, giving a customer a shave in his barbershop. With its antique cash register, exposed brick walls lined with sepia-tinted photographs and green chesterfield sofa, it is a small piece of 1920s London in a vibrant multicultural neighbourhood that is more familiar with traditional Turkish and Arab barbershops, where customers can get a cut or shave for less than 10 euros. This is Kucuk Istanbul, the old school barbershop Hussein has run since he left Jerusalem for Berlin in 1996. It takes pride of place beside the door.īack inside, he lights a cigar and changes into a crisp white shirt, houndstooth braces, a bow-tie and black-and-white brogues. A few moments later, the Palestinian barber re-emerges with his red, blue and white barber’s pole. In the Neukolln district of Berlin, Hussein Seif raises the graffitied shutters of his barbershop and steps inside.
To those who live in them, they are Europe. To the far right, these neighbourhoods are ‘no-go zones’ that challenge their notion of what it means to be European.
Across Europe, the far right is on the rise and it has some of the continent’s most diverse communities in its crosshairs.
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