It’s 2008. I’m ten years old. I have a henna cone in my hand and I’m not afraid to use it. I squeeze unrecognisable flowers onto the women, and I paint wonky footballs and messy rockets onto the boys.

Mehendi is an integral part of our Indian culture and is mostly adorned during festive and wedding celebrations. For any auspicious occasion, women love decorating their hands with stunning henna ...

Henna in Dubai is having a moment. What used to be purely traditional is now fully part of the city’s beauty mood board.

This post was updated Feb. 13 at 7:29 p.m. Aatmi Mehta is using henna as an art form to convey tradition and self-expression. The second-year public health student runs a small business specializing ...