JORDANIAN HENNA ARTIST, BALQEES AL-ABBADI, SAYING: "To be honest, you cannot imagine how happy I am when I explain to people how much I love this work and my passion can be felt while I explain the ...

Unlike art forms that adorn walls, domestic or public spaces henna application is a cosmetic art meant to beautify the body. Exotic or ubiquitous, steeped in tradition or a trendy fashionista ...

Slough's Riffat Bahar has made a career out of henna body painting - called Mehndi. As part of our Divine Art series, Riffat tells us about the spiritual side to an Eastern art that is primarily ...

The night before their wedding, many Hindu and Muslim brides-to-be spend hours decorating their palms, forearms and ankles with Mehndi, a style of intricate, lavish body painting made with henna. And ...

With a history spanning millennia across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, henna is steeped in tradition and cultural rituals. The natural dye is typically used to create temporary, ...

The art of henna painting has been practised for over 5,000 years, but walking around Mombasa — a city with a high population of Muslims — you rarely see any advertisement directing a person on where ...

A henna artist has shared how henna 'brings us all together' ...

Back when pregnant women wore mumus to hide their bumps, a mom-to-be saved her decorating efforts for the nursery. But just as maternity fashion has changed dramatically, some women have taken to ...