A Man’s Honor Lies in His Mustache

RIYADH, 21 August 2005 — A young Saudi went to a local barbershop to have his hair cut and left without his mustache, Al-Madinah reported. The young man gave specific instructions to the barber on how to cut his hair. Instead the barber removed half the man’s mustache. The young man was in shock, staring for a few minutes, refusing to believe his mustache was gone. He beat the barber and attacked him with a razor blade. People in the shop saved the barber from the man who had threatened to put him in the intensive care unit for having removed the most valuable thing on his face.