Stories from the Beauty Parlor’s founder makes Berlin history with this special recognition: being named one of the top 250 most influential Berliners of all time in company with names such as Audre Lorde, Angela Merkel and more!

Our second Kurdistan installement is here! Read about how beauty, culture and feminist forces shaped our time with the Justice Now team in Sulaymaniyah.

At last, our long-awaited Kurdistan trip is concluded! Filled with unexpected obstacles, plenty of learning and un-learning, unique stories from women behind and in the beauty chairs, and of course lots and lots of feminist organizing!

Big news: UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute highlights the work of Stories from the Beauty Parlor in a special interview!

Succeeding the fundraiser held in May, we received an update from our Sudan Partner Fujan Niswan who organized interactive psychosocial sessions in Najera, Uganda for Sudanese girls and women affected by conflict and displacement. Read more about the impact your donations had and how Fujan Niswan is moving forward!

Wrapping up our first feminist retreat in Brandenburg with an enthusiastic group of Berlin based female activists and creatives: read more about how we together with Ms. Informed curated a space for rest and recharge in the late-summer countryside landscape.

Dive into our first ever impact report for our founding year 2025-2026!

In one of the world’s largest growing metropolises, women in Turkey are navigating an economic crisis, while maintaining their sense of beauty and self-identity. It's a story about identity, resilience, and the pressures shaping everyday life in a rapidly transforming city.

Our Read and Recharge event is almost here! On August 16th, we are excited to partner with Ms. Informed to bring a women-only day of relaxation in nature!

Our second prize in one month; Stories from the Beauty Parlor wins best podcast at the Doxumentale non fiction podcast festival!

From 56 projects from all over the country, Stories from the Beauty Parlor are among the best projects in Germany to use arts and culture to create particaption and belonging and migrant communities.

The live podcast is here! Tune in for a conversation on beauty, community, and expression with guest Prens Emrah as we close this special chapter of our young NGO’s story!

On Sunday, May 24th, Stories from the Beauty Parlor hosted our third community fundraiser at Paolo Pinkel, raising over 1.500€ for communities in Iran and Sudan.

After our successful Iran-Sudan Fundraiser, our community is stronger than ever! Read about one of Iranian guests who recognized a feminist activist she had met years earlier in Tehran. A wonderful moment reminding us how feminist organizing never disappears.

Season Finale; Stories from the Beauty Parlor closes its first season where it belongs: in community, live, and on stage. A Conversation with the beauty and community organizer hero Prens Emrah 31.5 at the Doxumentale non-fiction festival.

The full program drop for the Iran–Sudan fundraiser is here, and we can’t wait for this Sunday, 24.5, at Paulo Pinkel Berlin.

Mark 26.5 for our next global book club together with the lovely ladies of the amazing Ms Informed feminist book club at Ivallan Books, the most sex-positive English bookstore in Kreuzberg.

Stories from the Beauty Parlor and our Kurdish feminist partners JusticeNow have been awarded a Synergy grant by ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) — supporting our cross-border collaboration between Berlin and Sulaymaniyah. This is our first state-funded international partnership.

Look back at our special feminist book club at Glowy last week on ‘The Manicurist’s Daughter’, joined by the author herself!

Exciting news: We’re back with another fundraiser for Iran & Sudan! And we invite you to be part of it.