Being Sri Lankan in Lebanon

""A Lebanese friend took her Sri Lankan friend to the hairdresser the other day (pause for the Lebanese readers to get their heads round that one). Not a big posh chain, just one of those small corner places. In fact she took her to five salons, and one after another refused to cut her hair because she’s Sri Lankan.
One said he’d lose all his customers if they saw him.""  (thanks "Ibn Rushd")