A cross-cultural threshold where migrant diasporic food and items meet traditional and gentrified culture, in an ever-changing mosaic that represents its corresponding urban space. Physical beauty and body adornment is a form of self-empowerment for womxn but also a way to remain trapped in societal standards. As a result, the beauty parlour becomes a space that allows for that duality to co-exist. Close Third Spaces This work uses liminal spaces as metaphors to explore what it means to identify with and have a sense of belonging to a place and time in an increasingly globalized world. Misbah Ahmed ↗ ..... misbahahmed.ca ↗ ..... instagram.com/misbahalahmed @ ..... misbahalahmed@gmail.com 2018 Minjoo Oh Molly Graham