Isobel Sabri
Isobel Sabri | |
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| Born | July 19, 1924 Fresno, California |
| Died | June 18, 1992 |
| NSA member | Central & East Africa 1958 - 1964 |
| ABM | Africa 1965 - 1968 |
| Counsellor | Central & East Africa 1968 - 1980 Africa 1980 - 1983 |
| ITC member | 1983 - 1992 |
Isobel Sabri born Locke (July 19, 1924 - June 18, 1992) was an American Baháʼí who pioneered to Africa, serving in administrative roles in her time there, and later served as a member of the International Teaching Centre from 1983 to 1992.[1]
Biography[edit]
Sabri was born Isobel Locke in Fresno, California, but grew up in Burlingame and San Mateo. She attended Stanford University and graduated in International Relations and Journalism in 1946. She heard of the Baháʼí Faith from Farrukh Ioas while at Stanford and declared on June 8, 1945, at Geyserville Summer School.
In 1946 she pioneered to Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 1948 she was elected to Edinburgh's inaugural Local Spiritual Assembly. She married Hassan Sabri in 1951 and they pioneered to Africa together settling in Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika remaining there until pioneering again to Uganda in 1953. In April 1957 she went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and met Shoghi Effendi.[2]
During her time in Africa Sabri served on the Local Spiritual Assemblies of Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Masaka, and Kyambogo, the National Spiritual Assembly of Central and East Africa, and the Auxiliary Board from 1965 until 1968 when she was appointed a Continental Counselor. In 1973 the Sabri's moved to Kenya living there until 1983 when Isobel was appointed to the International Teaching Center and they moved to the Holy Land.
She passed away in 1992 while still serving on the International Teaching Center, having suffered from a chronic intestinal illness since she was just nineteen years old. The Universal House of Justice cabled the following after her passing:
HEARTS PROFOUNDLY SADDENED LOSS GREATLY LOVED OUTSTANDING PROMOTER CAUSE GOD, MEMBER INTERNATIONAL TEACHING CENTER ISOBEL SABRI. HER STERLING INDEFATIGABLE PIONEERING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OVER SEVERAL DECADES FIRST BRITISH ISLES AND THEN AFRICA CROWNED BY UNFORGETTABLE HIGHLY VALUED CONTRIBUTIONS WORLD CENTER SINCE 1983. INTEGRITY HER EXEMPLARY LIFE POWERFULLY REINFORCED HER FEARLESS VALIANT UNFLAGGING EFFORTS CHAMPION TRUTHS AND DEFEND INTERESTS FAITH SHE DEARLY CHERISHED. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES CONTINUED PROGRESS HER LUMINOUS SOUL ABHÁ KINGDOM WHERE RICH REWARD ASSUREDLY AWAITS HER. ADVISE HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICES HER HONOR HOUSES OF WORSHIP AND COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BAHÁ’Í WORLD.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- Obituary published in Baháʼí World: In Memoriam 1992-1997, pp 3-5
Notes[edit]
- ↑ "Passing of Isobel Sabri, Counselor Member of the International Teaching Center". Universal House of Justice. 18 June 1992. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
- ↑ https://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/MSS/P-T/S/i_sabri.htm
