Made-up to look beautiful. Sent out to die.

(BBC) – Falmata is getting a full beauty treatment – a thick paste of henna, with its delicate pointed swirls, adorns her feet. While it dries, a woman is battling with her hair. Comb in hand she’s stretching and straightening Falmata’s tight curls. “We were allowed to choose any style for the hair and the henna,” remembers Falmata. “We got the henna to dye our hands, legs and sometimes even the neck.” Falmata knows she is going to look beautiful. But there’s a deadly consequence. Once she’s been made up, a suicide bomb will be attached to her waist.

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