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URSULA SAMANDARÍ (née NEWMAN), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh page 172 |
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First served on the British National Assembly in 1945 and
pioneered to St. Ives in the same year. Ursula became pioneer
member of the first Dublin Assembly in 1948 and pioneered
again, a year later, to Belfast. In Belfast she became member of
the first Local Assembly and worked with pioneer Dr. Mehdi
Samandarí, whom she married. They subsequently pioneered to
Nairobi in 1953 and later to Somalia, where she was a Knight of
Bahá’u’lláh and became a member of the first Spiritual Assembly
of Mogadiscio, on which she served from 1954 until 1971. In
addition to these experiences, she served on the National
Assembly for North East Africa (1961–1970) and on the
National Assembly of Cameroon since 1972, where she still
serves (1979).
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