Henna: A natural tradition rooted in beauty, health, and heritage, by Gift Luckson Henna is a natural dye made from the leaves of the henna plant (Lawsonia inermis), which grows mainly in parts of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and North Africa. The origins of the initial human uses of henna are uncertain; however, there are records that the plant was marketed in Babylonia, and was used in Ancient Egypt on some mummies to dye their hair, skin, nails, or funeral wrappings. It arrived in the Maghreb region during the Punic civilisation through the Phoenician Diaspora, where it was used...