Fatema Love spent most of her early years “homeless and hungry” before she and her family fled Palestine amid the country’s war with Israel. However, after coming to America at 15, things didn’t get much easier for the businesswoman, as she said she struggled to “fit in” with the people around her. But Fatema’s rough past put a “fire under her back” and inspired her to “work hard” to ensure that when she grows up, she can have a better life. A Palestinian refugee has revealed how she became a self-made millionaire – after beating homelessness to start a medical spa franchise from her New York flat Fatema Love spent most of her early years “homeless and hungry” before she and her family fled Palestine amid the country’s war with Israel. They see her as a child However, after coming to America at 15, things didn’t get much easier for Fatema (pictured in her teenage years), as she said she struggled to “fit in” with the people around her. But Fatema’s rough past put a ‘fire under’ her back and inspired her to ‘work hard’ to ensure that when she grows up, she can have a better life She is now a business owner, entrepreneur and mother of one who has earned over a million dollars through her beauty bar, called AFL. Fatema now has apartments in New York, Los Angeles and Miami and has a closet full of Chanel bags costing more than $22,000 and a line of designer shoes worth around $500,000 – but it’s been a tough road for her to find. here. “I came from nothing. I was homeless, I was hungry,” she told Truly during a recent interview. “I was in a refugee camp in a war. I never thought in a million years that I would be here today. “I lived in a horrible refugee camp. This is just such a dream come true, it really is a dream come true. I don’t even know how I got here. I worked very hard to get here.’ The tycoon recalled growing up in the ‘hood’ in the Bronx, New York, after moving to the United States with her family. And for years, she said she felt like an “outcast” because of her background. “Growing up as a Palestinian refugee was very difficult, I’ll be honest with you. I never fully fit into American culture and I never fully fit into my culture,” he explained. She is now a business owner, entrepreneur and mother of one who has earned over a million dollars through her beauty bar, called AFL Fatema now has apartments in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. Seen in her Miami apartment She has a closet full of Chanel bags costing more than $22,000 and a line of designer shoes worth around $500,000 – but it’s been a tough road for her to get here “So I was always the outcast. That was always something that I carried with me, like am I good enough? Will I ever be pretty enough? Will I ever be someone who fits in? The mogul (seen as a teenager) recalled growing up in the ‘hood’ in the Bronx, New York, after relocating to the United States with her family. And for years, she said she felt like an “outcast” because of her background “My family situation growing up, we didn’t have much, but I’m very grateful for what my family was able to give me.” However, Fatema said seeing her parents “struggle” was “the key to her success”. “I saw the fight with them and I said, ‘When I grow up, when I grow up, I won’t be like this, I will work hard,’” he continued. “I never wanted to fight like them. There was this deep-rooted fire in my a** since I was younger to try and prove myself and I feel like that was the key to my success. “I always put in more effort than the next person because I had to prove that I’m here.” However, Fatema said seeing her parents “struggle” was “the key to her success”. He explained: “I said, when I grow up, I’m not going to be like this, I’m going to work hard” “There was this deep-seated fire in my a** to prove myself and that was the key to my success,” he added. “I always put in more effort than the next person because I had to prove myself” The self-made millionaire added that she ‘always knew’ he was ‘destined for bigger and better’ things and is proud that he is now ‘her sugar’ Fatema launched AFL Beauty Bar in 2018 and the beauty salon has stores in Miami (pictured), Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta, with plans to open more in Chicago and Dallas soon The self-made millionaire added that she “always knew” he was “destined for bigger and better” things and is proud that he is now “her sugar”. “When you can buy your own [stuff], this is so bossy for me. It’s a different flexibility,” he concluded She said: “I always envisioned myself as a dressmaker and designer, I envisioned myself as a princess my whole life. I worked so hard to make myself my princess. I’m my own sugar daddy.’ Fatema launched AFL Beauty Bar in 2018 and the beauty salon has stores in Miami, Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta, with plans to open more in Chicago and Dallas soon. According to Fatema, AFL caters to “A-list clients and celebrities” including Cardi B. The spa offers facials for upwards of $250, slimming shots that cost $1,500, lip fillers for $699, botox (the price of which varies depending on the number of syringes and the area you want it), and under-eye filler for $1,200, among others. It also offers brow, cheek and buttock lifting. “I don’t judge anyone who takes things from other people, I think it’s great, but when you can buy your own tickets and fly your man and your friends [around the world], this is so bossy for me. It’s a different flexibility,” Fatema concluded.
