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A D elegate from the East By Mary Dushnyck D uring th e ICW Conference in W ashington, D. C., last June th is w riter had th e pleasure of be com ing acquainted w ith th e Be gum A nw ar K abir, delegate from E a st P ak istan , who w as also to u rin g th e U. S. on a S tate De p a rtm e n t L eadership G rant. Connected actively w ith sever al social, w elfare and cultural or ganizations, M rs. K abir has served as secretary as well as In tern atio n al A ffairs S ecretary of th e All P ak istan W om en’s A s sociation (A PW A ) in E. P ak is tan . P resen tly she is cultural chairm an of th is group. In addi tion, she is a Council M em ber of th e Social W elfare College and R esearch C enter in E. P akistan, and is on th e E xecutive Comm i t tee of th e In tern atio n al Forum and th e developm ent of art, m u sic, th e dance and dram a. M rs. K abir, a teacher by profession, is a g rad u ate of th e U niversity of Dacca and th e M ontession E d ucation C entre in London. A t presen t she is th e principal of th e L ittle Jew els N u rsery which she founded in Dacca. M rs. K ab ir’s husband, K hairul, is th e m anaging director of th e Film D evelopm ent Corp. of th e E. P ak istan G overnm ent as well as th e public relations director of th e G overnm ent. The republic of P ak istan occupies tw o areas (W est P ak istan and E a st P ak is ta n ) of th e Indian subcontinent, separated by 1,000 m iles of In dian te rrito ry . Its to tal area com prises 364,737 square m iles (U k raine has 232,046), and its pop ulation to tals 96,000,000, w hich is predom inantly Moslem, w ith H indus num bering about one- eighth. U rdu and Bengali are th e national languages while E n g lish is th e official language. M rs. K abir has traveled widely in E urope and th e F a r E astern countries. She represented P a k istan a t th e In tern atio n al Pan- Pacific W om en’s Conference held in M anila in 1955. T his year, be sides to u rin g th e U. S., she v isit ed Japan, H ong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok, etc. T his w riter had th e good fo r tune to spend some tim e w ith M rs. A nw ar K abir w hen she came to New Y ork a fte r th e ICW Confernece. A lthough greatly im pressed by th e A m erican w ay of life and our hospitality, her visits to th e L ighthouse fo r th e Blind and reh ab ilitatio n centers fo r th e crippled w ere of special in tere st to th is gentle am bassa dor of good will, who is striv in g so actively to prom ote th e wel fa re of women and children in h er own country, th e new nation of P akistan. P ictured at ICW Conference in W ashington, D. C. last June are Mrs. M ary D ushnyck, UNWLA O rganization Chairm an, and Be gum A nw ar K abir, delegate from East Pakistan. U N W L A C h a p te r s o n E x c u r s io n s Recently our C hapters w ent on excursions from P hiladelphia to ew York, from Philadelphia to W ashington, from T renton to W ashington—and now plan fu tu re tours. In October and D ecem ber 1962, th e 43 U N W LA C hapter visited New Y ork. The to u r included Radio City, th e S tatu e of L iber ty, th e E m pire S tate Building and th e U nited N ations, all th a t people usually see in New York, a t th e ir firs t visit. In th e second j ourney th ey w ent visiting Rock efeller C enter, and th e M useum of M odern A rt. In 1963 th e ir goal w as W ash ington, D. C. C hapter 43 U N W LA w ent th ere in A pril fo r th e C herry F estival. C hapter 11 U N W LA w ent in M ay on an ordina ry S aturday. T heir ro u te w as al m ost id en tical: th e W hite House, th e C athedral of th e Im m aculate Conception, th e F ranciscan Mon astery , and A rlington Cem etery. Much com m ent resulted on view ing these various points of h is toric in terest. All C hapters w ere delighted about th e trip . So definite had been th e prelim inary p re p ara tions th a t it w as possible fo r th e visitors to see and learn m uch in a sh o rt tim e. The bus had to be hired several m onths b e fo re ; and th e money fo r reservations de posited fo r it. The trav el itself held one delightful scene a fte r another. People seeing th e sam e sig h ts soon becam e lastin g friends, and la te r often review ed to g eth er th e p leasant im pres sions. “UKRAINE AND YOU” BY DR. HARRIS A fte r D r. F rederick B. H a r ris ’ article—“U kraine and Y ou.” appeared in th e Ja n u a ry 27,1963 issue of The Sunday S tar, W a shington, D. C., M rs. M ary D ush nyck, p resid en t of U N W LA B ranch 72 in New Y ork w rote him a le tte r of g ra te fu l apprecia tion. It read : “W e A m erican-born wom en of U krainian descent have long fe lt th a t th e issue of U krainian cap tiv ity and b ru ta l persecution by th e C om m unists has been eith er ignored, or in some instances dis to rted . It is tim e th e A m erican people recognized th a t th e poli tical line and aim s of th e im pe rialistic R u ssia-F irsters and Holy M other R ussia are alm ost identical w ith th a t of th e R us sian C om m unists — i.e., th e re ten tio n and even extension of th e R ussian em pire, w h eth er it be Red, W hite or w hatever.” НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИСТОПАД, 1963 15
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