Argumentative Essay About Malala

“Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country – this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all of my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish. I am Malala. My world has changed but I have not” (Malala Yousafzai).

Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat Valley region of Mingora, the largest city in Pakistan, on July 12, 1997. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, a local school owner and her mother, Thorpekai, a modest housewife, Malala was born into very humble beginnings into a society that perpetuates systemic discrimination through the inherited Hindu caste systems, a type of social classification

Choosing to not just focus on own struggles, she immediately began advocating for women everywhere when she said: “The extremists were, and they are, afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women... Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons….. They [The Taliban] thought that the bullets would silence us. But they failed. And then, out of that silence came, thousands of voices.” (Malala

She started small, and did not let those who tried to silence her win. Instead she directed her instant fame into advocating for the education of women and girls and followed that up by becoming the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in history. By all accounts, Malala was an ordinary young woman with no extraordinary influence or power. But because she decided to speak up, rather than remain silent in the face of oppression, she unwittingly morphed into one of the most influential and powerful woman in the world, and that is what makes her one of the greatest humanitarians of our time. As respected Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter” Malala is living proof that all it takes is one person brave enough to stand up against the current injustices in the name of doing the right thing. Because of her astonishing bravery, she has been able to use her fame to bring ever more goodness into the world and she continued to inspires people everywhere. Malala is a woman of her word and practices what she preaches.. She appeared on the Ellen Show in 2015, discussing her work toward educational equity and her Nobel Peace Prize. She explained that she had learned that she won the huge honor while she was in school. A professor told her, very excitedly, and Malala responded by telling her professor that she wants to finish up her school day, because that is