East-West Center Oral History Project : Shabbir Cheema

Abstract

Shabbir Cheema, born into a large family in rural Pakistan, came to Honolulu in August 1969 to study on an EWC grant. After obtaining a Ph.D. in political science from UH, he taught at the University of Science in Malaysia. Then he began his long career with the United Nations, starting at the UN Centre for Regional Development in Nagoya, Japan. In 1988 he returned to Honolulu to hold a joint appointment with the UH's Department of Urban Planning and the East-West Center.Click on the PDFs to read more. Includes photograph, interview quotes, and the full interview narrative.