101 Objects from the Lands of Islam- How to Count, Cook, Calligraph and More, From Morocco to Indonesia, #27-#31

BODY CARE

-HENNA POWDER PACKET- A NATURAL HAIR DYE USED THROUGHOUT THE ISLAMIC LANDS, WITH HADITH TRADITION TIED TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD, SPREAD NOW TO THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR WORLDWIDE BEAUTY INDUSTRY, POPULARIZED IN EUROPE BY “RED HAIR” CRAZE OF 19TH C PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTERS- NB, ONLY ELIZABETH SIDDAL, THE DRUG ADDICTED WIFE AND MODEL OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI, HIMSELF WITH A RED BEARD, AMONG THEIR CIRCLE WAS A NATURAL GINGER

-KOHL STICK, FOR EYELINER, THE POETIC TROPE OF “GAZELLE EYES”, FROM ELIZABETH TAYLOR’S CLEOPATRA TO A SUDANESE DROVERS SONG COMPARING A CAMEL’S EYE TO A SEIKO WATCH

-ARGAN OIL GLASS, VIAL

-LAUREL OIL SOAP, BAR

-NEEM STICK, OR MISWAK, SANCTIONED FOR USE BY PROPHET MUHAMMAD, FOR TOOTH BRUSHING

 

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