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Mazi Ka Safar - Journey to the Past;
Redbridge Women's Urdu project
We were funded by Heritage Lottery fund for Mazi Ka Suffer - journey to the past.
This project was designed by Shahida Sarwar with the support of Redbridge Musuem Manager, Gerard Greene. She discussed her idea with the chair person who encouraged her to go ahead and start the funding application to Heritage Lottery Fund. This project entailed:
- Workshops
- Publishing a booklet consisting of life testimonies of women in Redbridge.Their life histories were written in English & Urdu. Some were written in Poetry form.
- Exhibition - display of their objects
This exhibition was organised, managed and opened by MWWA in partnership with Redbridge Museum. It opened on 11th January 2007 at Redbridge Museum and stayed on for 3 months. Around 100 people were invited to the opening of this exhibition. The invitees were participants, executive committee members, managers of Redbridge Museum, Redbridge Library, other organisations and friends. Ayesha Farooqi of Pakistan High Commission attended this exhibition and was very impressed and appreciated all the hard work our organisation put into this exhibition.
Some poems included in the exhibition
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Life
Life is nothing but a maze
Hidden behind the eternal gaze
Come with me if you will dare
Don't be afraid we'll get there
Life can be a friend and a foe
Lifts us high then drops so low
Cloud of troubles blurs your visions
Despair not, time will change seasons
When darkness befalls you may stumble
Stay firm on ground, steadfast and humble
Hand in hand we will have far to go
Shimmer of hope makes our path glow
Happiness will prevail may not be so far
Embrace the joys of life with heart ajar
By Shahida Tasneem Sarwar
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Journey of Time
A footstep of time passes stealthily away
Though discards its imprint in many ways
With a blink of an eye it changes fate
From pauper to riches it can create
At time it reflects Garden of Eden
Then appears in heaps of ruins, I reckon
Sometime it rebels, sometimes it obeys
Brings bundle of joys even brings tears
When drown in sorrows, cannot see the light
After the rain comes rainbow so bright
Like a mother it takes you in its lap
With a thunder of wrath it makes you snap
By Shahida Tasneem Sarwar
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