With school friends

In what is termed the "Punjabi" costume, during her school days. (Late 1960s)

At. St. Matthew's College, Dematagoda

Fawzia was the Head Prefect at St. Matthew's, where she attended secondary school. These photos are from her days there.

She was 18 when the photo below was taken, in school uniform.

 Fawzia carried away loads of prizes at the school's annual prize giving. Here she is winning the prize for "English Oratory - Seniors" (a hardback titled The Bronte Sisters which we still have) from Mrs. Malalasekera, the wife of Prof. G.P. Malalasekera, renowned scholar and diplomat, who was the Chief Guest seated at the table with M.H. Mohamed, the local MP and later the Speaker of Parliament and also a cabinet minister. For "Best All Rounder - Girls 1969", Fawzia was awarded Theodore Sorensen's monumental work Kennedy, published by Pan Paperbacks.

Fawzia is in the uniform of a Girl Guide. She was the leader of the troupe at St. Matthew's. 

Fawzia at the school's sports meet, standing at the extreme left.

Fawzia's was the flag bearer at the march past. The sports meet was held at the Colombo Oval, famous cricket grounds.

Shakespeare at Maharagama Teachers College, 1970-71

At Teachers College, our Shakespeare lecturer was Augustine Tambimuttu. Choosing students and young lecturers as his cast, he produced a Shakespeare play every year. Fawzia acted in "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor". In the former, she was a Fairy. In the latter, she played dual roles, as a Fairy and as Simple, servant to Slender. These photos, taken in 1970, are from "The Merry Wives". Mr. Tambimuttu is the one wielding a sword.

"Fawzia Braine's Sri Lanka"

Memie Kwok was more than Fawzia's doctor. They were friends. In the summer of 2011, Fawzia took Memie on a tour of Sri Lanka.
 
Memie is an artist, a diver, a photographer, a traveler, and a raconteur. The following link contains her delightful account of that tour. Enjoy.

http://memiewrite.blogspot.com/

Memie at Pondside