Who I Am?
(Hoor ul ain Baloch, Sierra Vista, Arizona)
YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM (YES)
I am a 16 years old girl from a
small village of Pakistan called Jherruck. My background explains a lot who I
am, and the values that I have developed. I took birth in this world on Aug 19,
2000. My name was chosen by my parents. They named me as “Hoor Ul Ain”, but at
that time I was unaware about the importance of name because I was a kid and I
used to remain busy in playing games with my friends.
I was admitted in school when I was two and a half years old. It was the first
day of my school and my mother came with me as I was the youngest child. We both
were sitting in principal’s office. After 15 minutes my mother stood up and
started walking towards the outdoor of school. I started crying because it was
my first time when I was all alone, without my parents.
when I was a kid, I didn’t know the reason, why other girls of my village were
not going to school. But after some years I figured out the reason behind that.
Actually, I was living in a village where girls were not allowed to go to
school. Even I was also not allowed to get education but my father said “Hoor Ul
Ain will go to school and will get education”.
Time passed and I became mature. Then I came to know that in my community girls
are not given their equal rights to survive. But I didn’t stop my school. When I
was a kid I told my father that “I want to travel the world and I want to get
foreign education”. By the grace of Allah I got a way to turn my dreams into
reality. I am very thankful to my teacher sir “Ghulam Mujtaba” who told me about
the USA scholarship.
It was a long process of selection and I worked too hard for that so I became
the finalist of K-L YES scholarship. My parents were so happy. When I told that
news to my villagers they dissuade me, but my parents supported me and they
stood beside me. They argued a lot but I still remember the words of my parents,
they said “Hoor ul ain will go to USA. we have blind believe on our daughter”.
That was the moment of pride for me.
Now I am in USA and now I know the importance of name. It is very important to
identify the person. And I have the best example for that. People are calling my
name in Pakistan now and whenever someone meet my parents, they directly say
“Look, they are the parents of Hoor UL Ain”.
I haven’t any words to describe my happiness. And I am sure now you all know who
I am, and who is Hoor ul ain.