Video editing: Sarkawt Mohammed | Rudaw English
RANYA, Kurdistan Region – A barber has set up shop in a boat on the Strait of Ranya in Sulaimani. Customers can get a haircut on the water while listening to live music from the onboard musician.
It’s a haircut with a difference. Jalal Mohammed is a young barber from Sulaimani who wanted to offer his customers a unique experience.
So he came up with the idea of cutting their hair while listening to music – on board a small motor boat.
“I wanted to move my shop into a boat in a touristy place such as the Ranya Strait to cut hair, far away from politics,” he says.
“I have got many customers and they are happy with what I am doing here.”
Visitors pay for a boat trip to view the scenery – and the hair cut is thrown in for free.
These sight-seeing journeys take place every Friday when people come to the area to picnic.
Customer Aras Nasralddin thinks it’s a good service.
“Actually, there is a big difference between here and a shop,” he says.
“Here, the atmosphere is great and the environment is nice and clean. So, for us it’s like going on a picnic, and we take a boat tour as well. So it feels really good.”
Darbandi Ranya or the strait of Ranya is situated 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) east of the town of Ranya in the Sulaimani governorate.
It’s a haircut with a difference. Jalal Mohammed is a young barber from Sulaimani who wanted to offer his customers a unique experience.
So he came up with the idea of cutting their hair while listening to music – on board a small motor boat.
“I wanted to move my shop into a boat in a touristy place such as the Ranya Strait to cut hair, far away from politics,” he says.
“I have got many customers and they are happy with what I am doing here.”
Visitors pay for a boat trip to view the scenery – and the hair cut is thrown in for free.
These sight-seeing journeys take place every Friday when people come to the area to picnic.
Customer Aras Nasralddin thinks it’s a good service.
“Actually, there is a big difference between here and a shop,” he says.
“Here, the atmosphere is great and the environment is nice and clean. So, for us it’s like going on a picnic, and we take a boat tour as well. So it feels really good.”
Darbandi Ranya or the strait of Ranya is situated 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) east of the town of Ranya in the Sulaimani governorate.
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