Ibrahim Haji Mohammad, a Kurdish refugee from Syria, and his Hungarian wife Krisztina stand front of their barber shop in Budapest, Hungary, May 24, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Syrian refugee has made the most of a fad for trim and dyed beards in Hungary, setting up a barber shop in downtown Budapest popular with foreigners and Hungarians alike.
Ibrahim Haji Mohammad fled to Hungary from the Kurdish region of Syria eight years ago. With the help of human traffickers he flew to Ukraine before walking through the border into Hungary. He applied for asylum but did not intend to stay long, but rather move close to brothers in Denmark and Sweden.
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