Word: ismat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ismat Ullah's expression of polite amiability is oddly out of sync with the fury of his words. In the 20 years he has spent as a Pakistani immigrant in Britain, slurs and rejections have engendered an abiding bitterness. But the mask remains in place. "I keep it all inside," he explains. "I listen to the jokes about Indians and Pakistanis, and I laugh so as not to show my weakness. But I resent it. As a colored person here, you have to be different from what you are. You have to keep a cosmetic appearance...
...attacks from young white thugs. The Ullahs and their children-Daughters Sonia, 15, Shazia, 14, and Samia, 10, and Son Sohail, 6-believe they are living a life under siege, and they have had enough. This year they are returning to Pakistan. "This country is not my home," declares Ismat Ullah, "but I have learned something here I'll value as long as I live: to work hard, to be tolerant and to fight and not give...
Scheduled to last five weeks. SSD II will have the participation of virtually all 156 Member States of the U.N., with many delegations led by heads of State, and others by foreign ministers, Ambassador Ismat Killani of Iraq will preside over the meeting...
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