My Abu Dhabi: The Emirati woman who built a barbershop empire and helped put the city on the map

“My Abu Dhabi: The Emirati woman who built a barbershop empire and helped put the city on the map”

Abu Dhabi: When Amal Salah AlBarout told her father she was opening a barbershop, he told her: "Do whatever you want, but do not come crying if it does not work." And it worked. Next month Uptown Barbershop celebrates its eighth anniversary. It sits on a mezzanine floor in Abu Dhabi's Al Muroor, where you cannot see it from the main street. Today footballers, NBA players and Hollywood names are its regular customers. Founder and owner of Uptown Barbershop, Amal Salah AlBarout. Yet the…