*Ansata Bint Bukra

*Ansata Bint Bukra (Nazeer x Bukra)

In 1965, Judith and Donald Forbis imported a Bukra daughter by Nazeer named Husnia, in foal to the stallion, Sameh. Once Husnia arrived in America, she was registered with a new name: *Ansata Bint Bukra. Do you know what the word "Bukra" means? It is an Arabic word meaning "tomorrow". I find it hair-raising insightful that "Ansata Bint Bukra" translates to mean "Ansata's daughter of tomorrow". While her Egyptian givrn name of "Husnia" means "beauty", one needs to consider the influence which *Ansata Bint Bukra has had not only within the Ansata breeding program but all over the world! Her name could not be any more perfect, as the name heralds the significance she would have "tomorrow" or, in the future. The families influenced by *Ansata Bint Bukra remain remarkably consistent for producing individuals who generation-to-generation, express their unique quality and identity prolifically, through the creation of vibrant and dynamic family branches that are different, as compared to the other families within the greater family of Bukra.  For example, the stallion Ghazal (by Nazeer), who was exported to Germany and Nagwa (Sameh x Bint Bukra), a full sister in blood to *Ansata Bint Misr. Nagwa’s granddaughter, the George Olms-bred Hamasa Tarifa by Farag, when bred to Hamasa Khazzan (Kasr el Nil x Nafteta) produced Latiefa, an important mare for Bait Al Arab Kuwait State Stud in Kuwait. Bint Bukra, a full sister to *Ansata Bint Bukra, remained in Egypt at the EAO and in addition to the mare Nagwa, produced horses like *GAF Wesam by Waseem, imported to America by Barbara Johansen, the EAO stallion, Zahi, by *Ibn Hafiza, Fanar by Nasralla, who went on to influence the stud of Shams el Asil in Egypt and the stallion, El Moutawakil, a full blood brother of Nagwa and *Ansata Bint Misr. The diversity of phenotype, reflecting the variety of influences introduced into the Bukra family, mirrors the diversity we also find across our breed. Even within the produce of one mare like *Ansata Bint Bukra, we find siblings who not only look differently from each other but also, reproduced differently from each other. 

***Don't miss a wonderful article about the Bukra horses within The Arabian Breeders Magazine, Volume II, Issue II is The Dawning of a New Tomorrow: The Bukra Story***