On Thursday 1st of April 2010, as part of celebration and tradition on the joyous occasion of the 99th Milaad Mubarak of Aqa Maula tus, professional Mhendi applicators arrived at MSB and as scheduled girls began to apply mhendi on their hands. The atmosphere was one of joy and every face radiated elation.
Four ladies and few students from Classes VII and VIII applied mhendi to about 52 students from 11pm to 2.30pm
Maryann Dreas-Shaikha
Maryann is an American teacher and the former Head of English and Assistant Headmistress at the Karachi Grammar School – Middle Section. She has a combined eight years’ experience in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Republic of Georgia, teaching English literature, creative writing, grammar, drama, elocution, debates, and Model United Nations, as well as training teachers in active learning and formative assessment philosophy and methodology. The highlight of her teaching experience was directing and producing four school plays – “Doctor Faustus” by Christopher Marlowe, the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”, a modern version of “The Merchant of Venice” by Shakespeare, and “Frankenstein” by Danny Boyle.
