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"People have gone crazy about it, many people are curious to
go through the experience and they are not afraid," he told
Reuters. "People here love adventures."
Odwan, 37, is not the first stylist in the world to use flame to
straighten hair, but his craft is unique in the Gaza Strip.
In his salon in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Odwan applied
what he described as a protective liquid coating to a customer's
hair - he declined to disclose its contents - before aiming for
the head and pressing the button on a small blowtorch.
"I control how long I apply fire, I keep it on and off for 10
seconds or 15 seconds. It is completely safe and I have not
encountered any accident since I started it two months ago,"
Odwan added.
Odwan charges 20 shekels ($5.20) for a haircut and
fire-straightening.
A barber for the past 18 years, he said part of the reason he
uses the technique is to show that Palestinian barbers are as
"professional as those out there around the world".
(Editing by Jeffrey Heller)
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