Pakistan Club’s Women Committee Organizes Youth Workshop
Pictures by Faiz Ahmed

Speakers at the ‘Youth Workshop’ organized by the Women’s Committee of the Pakistan Club at the Beijing Islamic Chinese Restaurant on December 25, 2009

Los Angeles, CA: The Women’s’ Committee of the Pakistan Club, consisting of Dr. Nasreen Sattar Khan, Mrs. Ume Salma Farooqui, Mrs. Afshan Farooq, Mrs. Nilofer Zaidi, and Mrs. Seema Ahmed, organized a “Youth Workshop” at the Beijing Islamic Chinese Restaurant on Friday, December 25, 2009 . The objective of the Workshop was to encourage the community’s youth to interact with each other and share knowledge and experiences of college and high school education with their juniors, and assume leadership roles in the community.

The youth present at the event included those who have already graduated college and entered the working world as well as those who are still in the process of acquiring their bachelor’s degree. Present in the audience were a large number of parents and children eager to partake in this ground-breaking informational event that sought to connect youth of all ages.

The event began with a short recitation from the Holy Qur’an by Mariam Khan, followed by the recital of Urdu poetry and songs by Jazmyn Mansuri, Huda Khan, and Midhat Farooq. High school student Sana Ahmad read an article of hers that was published in a local paper. The program also consisted of speeches on the American schooling system versus those of other countries and on the importance of community service, delivered by Razi Zaidi and Anila Ali respectively.

Glimpses of the ‘Youth Workshop’ organized by the Women’s Committee of the Pakistan Club at the Beijing Islamic Chinese Restaurant on December 25, 2009

Youths in attendance, in no particular order, were: Aisha Butt, Ameer Ahmed, Fizza Zaidi, Mariam Mohammad, Suinya Farooqui, Irfan Ahmad, Ibad Farooqui, Sohaib Farooqui, Shawn Murtaza, Samir Ahmed, Usama Ahfaz, UmairS, Zehra Syed and others. They, with the moderation skills of Shaista and Shagufta Ahmad, answered questions from the audience about high school and college education.

All in all, it was a successful event that brought together the youth in our community and provided them, quite literally, with a platform and communicate with each other. Another event such as this will be held in the near future. Suggestions from all the youths involved will be implemented at the forthcoming event. The Women’s Committee of the Pakistan Club would like to extend its gratitude to all those who made the workshop possible.

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