Perseverance — Page 135
Part II – My Life as a Muslim 135 PUNJABI WOMEN ASK TO SEE US WHILE WE WERE IN SINDH Some ladies came to Khal ī fat-ul-Mas īh and said in Urdu, “We have heard that you have a German and an American man and we have never seen these kinds of people. We would like to see them. ” Huzoor ra asked if Kunze, the German missionary student, and I would come to his home for tea so that the women could see what a German and an American look like. The event was scheduled and the women were able to see us from peeking behind a pardah wall. Afterwards Huzoor ra asked the women what was their opinion of us after seeing an American and a German. They replied (in Urdu), “We did not see an American nor a German, but we saw a Punjabi and a Pathan. ” Huzoor ra laughed as he related this story to us. I looked like a Punjabi with my darker skin tone and my shalw a r kam ī z , atchkin and turban; whereas Kunze looked like a Pathan because he was of light skin tone and would wear the clothes of the Pathan.