Suna a cikin tituna na Boston, Massachusetts, Atlas Barber Shop ta zama wani abu da ya fi inda ake sare gashi. A lokacin FIFA World Cup 2026, mai shi Ayoub da abokan aikinsa Salah da Hamza sun mai da kantin su zuwa wani fili na gaske na al'umma — inda tattaunawar kwallon kafa ke gudana cikin 'yanci kamar shayin taba.

Kantin yana nuna asalinsa na biyu da alfahari. Tutocin Amurka da Morocco suna rataye a kusa da junansu, kuma wata talabijin a tsakaninsu tana nuna nasarar Atlas Lions a kan Canada da ci 3-0. Kayan ado a launukan kasashe masu cancantar sun shimfida a saman ɗakin, ba tare da barin wani shakka game da abin da ke cikin tunanin kowa ba.

Zukata biyu, kantin ɗaya

Ayoub, yana saye da riga ta Achraf Hakimi, ya bayyana abin da gasar ta nuna masa da ƙungiyarsa. "A gare mu, wannan yana nufin girmama bangarori biyu na asalinmu: Morocco, inda muka fito kuma inda asalinmu ya kasance, da Amurka, inda muka sami dama kuma muke rayuwa mafarkin Amurka," in ji shi. "Muna da zukata biyu, kuma wannan asali na biyu ya kasance tare da mu yayin da muke goyan bayan ƙungiyoyi a duk tsawon World Cup."

Kwallon kafa ta kasance a tsakiyar ruhin kantin koyaushe. "Wasannin da ake so yana ko'ina a nan," Ayoub ya ƙara da cewa. "Shiga kantin mu kuma za ka sami duk abin da kake so, daga wasannin gasar Turai da gasar Afirka zuwa daren Champions League da gasar Kudancin Amurka da Asiya da Afirka, kuma ba shakka World Cup. Yana cikin DNA ɗinmu."

Daga Casablanca zuwa Boston

Ayoub ya isa United States daga Casablanca tare da iyalinsa a shekara ta 2010, ya zauna a Boston ya kuma sami wata birni wacce halayenta na al'adu daban-daban ta dace da makamentarsa. Kantin sa na farko, kusa da Jami'ar Harvard, ya samu inganci cikin sauri, ya buɗe hanya ga reshe na biyu a Brookline da na uku a tsakiyar Boston. World Cup ta zo a lokaci mai kyau ga kanta uku.

"Wannan gasar ta yi tasiri kai tsaye a kasuwancina. Mun sami magoya baya suna shiga ƙofar mu daga ko'ina a duniya, daga magoya bayan Faransa zuwa Kudancin Amurka," in ji shi. "A yawancin lokuta, bazara shine lokacin hutawa a Boston, tare da dalibai da yawa da suke barin gari. Amma wannan shekara ta canza komai: gidajen abinci, mashaya, kantuna na sare gashi da cibiyoyin kasuwanci duk suna cike."

Salo da suka dace da manyan taurari

Zuwan baƙi da World Cup ta kawo ya ɗaga matakin ƙirƙira a cikin kantin ma. Abokan ciniki suna zuwa da buƙatun musamman. "Matasa abokan ciniki suna neman salo kamar na manyan 'yan wasan: Achraf Hakimi, Kylian Mbappé, Cristiano Ronaldo… don haka muna yi!" in ji Ayoub.

Al'umma kafin riba

Duk da karuwar masu zuwa, Ayoub yana jaddada cewa taron kallon wasanni a Atlas Barber Shop an gina su akan haɗin kai, ba riba ba. Ana shirya abincin gargajiyar Morocco da aka dafa a gida, ana ba da shayin taba, ana maraba da abokan ciniki su kalli wasanni kamar iyali. "Wani abin al'ajabi ne," in ji shi.

Manufar ita ce ci gaba da buɗe ƙofofin da kiyaye bukukuwa har zuwa ƙarshe — ko Morocco ko United States sun kasance a gasar ko a'a. "Duk wanda yake filin wasa kuma daga inda ya fito, abin da ya fi muhimmanci shi ne raba World Cup tare har zuwa busa ƙarshe," Ayoub ya bayyana.

A Atlas Barber Shop, FIFA World Cup 2026 ta wuce iyakar kwallon kafa — tana tunatar da mu cewa wasanni, al'umma, da asali na iya raba wuri ɗaya.