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Manifestations of Light

Nur Begum
1933
Mecca (Original Language: Panjabi)

Arrival in Jeddah [Getting off the boat,] there was chaos and confusion all around As everyone searched through the luggage looking for their name. As soon as we got off the boat and set our feet on the dock God granted us our first sight of the Arabs. There was a stone kiosk beside the …

Provisions for the Journey

Rahil Begum Shervaniya
1923
Kamran Island (Original Language: Urdu)

At Sea It was necessary for me to take daily walks around the entire ship, for which reason I was privy to ever-new forms of spectacle. Seeing the way that my Indian brothers and sisters travel, I began to think that either these people were going to suffer greatly from the vast quantity of items …