Many Sudanese brides have collapsed and died on their wedding days after using this blackened henna because henna artists use a highly poisonous crushed-rock powder that they mix with natural ...

Sudan is famous for its elaborate weddings - and women like to decorate their hands and feet with henna for the festivities. Henna artist Sanna Awad Abdullah, who works at Diva Beauty Salon in ...

Lead, PPD, and other chemicals have also been found in black henna from Sudan and other African countries. As a result, some people have gotten poisoned and had renal failure and other problems.

Other colors are obtained by adding other dyes to the natural henna. Some women in Sudan add a substance called paraphenylen ediamine to the henna to reduce the time needed for dyeing from an hour to ...

In the heart of downtown Cairo, Settouna, the Queen of Henna, wooed Cairenes with Sudanese folk songs floating through Makan cultural centre in preparation for her third album In the heart of ...

Sudan is famous for its elaborate weddings - and women like to decorate their hands and feet with henna for the festivities. Henna artist Sanna Awad Abdullah, who works at Diva Beauty Salon in ...