Wednesday, June 3, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 5
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Column
Travels provide global perspective
My mother told me sympathetically that she had butterflies in her stomach for me as we awaited the boarding call at Kansas City International Airport. I shrugged and smiled lightly, knowing that I wasn't worried, at least not for the reasons she was.
I have traveled alone to and from Pakistan, my parents' native country, a couple of times before. But each time, my mother is concerned for my safety. She doesn't know that I have a secret affinity for traveling alone. I relish the independence, responsibility, control and valued time free from the oppressive glare of a watchful eye. This is also, of course, one of the most attractive aspects of college life, as I learned during the past academic year at the University of Kansas.
I am abruptly departing from this beloved college atmosphere for a long 10 weeks, and that is what I fear. This summer, I will be assisting the Time magazine correspondent in Islamabad, Pakistan.
I am undoubtedly in awe of the opportunity ahead of me, especially during a period of international media and political attention in the region. However, my time in Pakistan will by no means be unfettered. I have temporarily deserted newfound freedom and independence in exchange for rigid restrictions and unavoidable dependence. These, in broad terms, are the obstacles I will face as a young, single Ameri
Nadia
Mustafa
editor@kansan.com
The stark cont rast between the environment I was in just last week and the one I have
been thrown into today is overwhelming. Obviously, the transition will be difficult I have little choice but to, at least externally, comply with many Pakistani cultural, social and moral standards.
I will be staying with my uncle, aunt and cousins in Islamabad. They are loving, educated, knowledgeable and have traveled around the world. But there is no escaping the fact that they are strictly conservative.
After finals last month, I had one week to move back home, unpack, pack again and prepare for my trip. The academic year came and went so quickly, and already I was standing at the door of another new experience. It seems as though, for the past year, I have breathed and tasted
but have had no time to swallow and digest the things and people around me. I miss them already.
Each time I travel to Pakistan, I come home with a slightly adjusted perspective on life. The most important realization I have arrived at is that it is unbelievably easy to become wholly enveloped by the society in which one lives and thus lose sight of the bigger global picture.
That might sound cliche, but anyone who has, for example, spent a substantial amount of time among indigenous people in a less developed society will similarlv attest.
On this trip, one thing I have learned so far is that one can view a wide range of diversity from the seat of a plane. My observations on flights through Kansas City, Chicago and London were mostly representative of the Western world. But on the way to Bahrain and Karachi, Pakistan, I suddenly saw a different world.
Inside the plane, various languages, dialects, accents, colors and dresses marked a striking difference between Eastern and Western societies. My view outside from the window changed from that of snow-topped mountains and skyscrapers to a seemingly never-ending desert and the jumbled rooftops of street bazaars. We see Middle Eastern
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men such as Yasser Arafat with red turbans and white robes on the news. They seem so distant. No one sits next to me.
While I anxiously begin my summer on the opposite side of the globe, I feel the blind security and carefree ways of just last year gradually eroding as I alone work work and stay in a uniquely challenging society.
Editor's Note: The University Daily Kansan will be published every Wednesday while classes are in session during the summer. Unfortunately, the number of staff members would not allow for a separate Opinion page. The Kansan will still be accepting letters to the editor as well as running some columns throughout the summer.
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