I Am Malala Yousafzai

“ I raise up my voice-not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard… We cannot succeed when half are held back “ - Malala Yousafzai. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai gives an insight to other countries traditions, whether they are good are bad is based on perspective. Although it is 2017 and women should be treated as equally as men, in Pakistan they are not as Malala Yousafzai attempts to deconstruct social constructs while fighting for an equal education, respect within her community, and gender equality she hits some bumps along the way that make her stronger.

Malala is quite brave by publicly speaking out and showing how she believes that women should have an equal education. Yousafzai stays at the top of her class and is a role model for young girls all around the world. She attends school even when people in her community tell her not to because she is a woman “ let them be illiterate” spoke her older male cousin to her father (yousafzai 43). Her book was very in depth as to how her community viewed women’s education and what they thought was right for her, as much as they pushed her to not go to school (with exception to her father) she went against it and got an education.

I believe that her opinions and way of thinking were instilled by her father. Malala’s father always stood up for her when others did not “ ‘ my older male cousin approached my father and said ‘ why is your daughter's face exposed!’ my father responded, “keep your own affairs in order” (yousafzai 66). I would assume that is hard being a female, in countries where they are seen as pure wives. Then again Malala is only few women that have been shot by the Taliban (terrorist group) for standing up for her beliefs when others would have bowed down to save their