Her work tool has not changed, but hairdresser Jeje July Touk from Acre has gone from cutting people's hair to grooming dogs.
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Coronavirus restrictions on beauty salons left the hair stylist jobless, so turning adversity into opportunity, Touk became a professional dog groomer, an occupation relatively rare for a woman in Israel's Arab community.
Dogs are considered unclean by some in the Arab world, but attitudes are changing, and many now own them as pets.
Touk opened her B-rex dog spa in Acre a few months after the outbreak of the pandemic, offering grooming, claw clipping, and other services.
"Dogs are my passion," she said in the brightly colored salon in the historic city on Israel's northern coast.
The salon is visited by both Jewish and Arab customers, and Touk is helped by her son, who wants to become a veterinarian.
"Before she gives the dog the needed treatment, she works on forming a connection first. This is what makes me always come back," customer Hamada Kleib, owner of a Doberman pinscher, said.
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