Everyone knows plenty of people in their lives, whether they be family, best friends, or neighbors. But does everyone know a 20 year old woman that fought for her rights, visited Barack Obama in 2013, wrote an autobiography, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and survived after getting shot in the head for trying to go to school? Well, Ziauddin and Toor Yousafzai do! In fact, she is their daughter! Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12th, 1997. She grew up in Swat, a city in Pakistan, Asia. She was just a small girl with a love of books and a dream to get an education and become a doctor. So how did this simple plan of hers, that many girls have today, become such an impacting experience on the world? How could something so simple, like going to school, …show more content…
Well, people are. Malala was walking to school one day at age 15 when she heard gunshots. Her heart started to race. She was wondering what would happen if she accidently got hit by one. But then, despite how fast it was beating before, her heart stopped. She just realised the shots were aimed at her. But was she expecting it? Technically, school was not an option for Malala at the time. The Taliban had banned woman from going to school, right after they banned owning a television and listening to music. But Malala didn’t care. She was a strong woman who was determined to finish her education, so she went anyway. The Taliban gunman shot her in the head. It was a miracle she survived. The bullet didn’t go through her skull but instead went into the skin on the side of her head and through her shoulder. It was almost like Malala was meant to stay on Earth longer, like she would somehow change the world, and she did. Malala’s story went worldwide. You can imagine how, Malala was just a regular girl on her way to school when she got shot. So while Malala healed in a hospital, people were raving over the story, protestesting against the Taliban, but more importantly,
Malala Yousafzai is a girl from the Swat Valley who started the fight for education for Pakistani girls. She was born in a place where girls are hidden away and boys are celebrated, but she wanted to change all that. Out of all of the stages of the hero journey, Malala’s journey along with her return from darkness help depict her as a hero to men, women, and children around the world.
Malala is only one of the million children suffering and wanting to change the world for the better, except when everyone else was scared to speak up, she did. It’s nearly impossible to say how she changed the world in one sentence, but I’ll try. She was an unknown hero for years and finally she is known worldwide, finally rights for education is an everyday topic, finally the world isn't silent anymore about how the Taliban are treating women and finally we can hear her voice, loud and clear, telling us how and what we should do to have a better future and that’s how I think Malala Yousafzai has changed the world.
Since the dawn mankind, man has always tried to dominate over the female figure. This is not just because he is strong but just the projection of his insecurity. Even today, in our so called ‘pseudo liberal society’, man makes impotent attempts to silence and diminish the power given to women by God. One emblem of power is Malala Yousafzai who was tried to silence by the roars of the guns.
One of them happened to be that she was a children's and women's right activist. She’s always have speeches held for women and children in which she’d take about how women and children are being mistreated all around Pakistan. She also has a fund called the Malala Foundation. The fund is made so we can try to make the 130 million girls out of school down to 0 girls. There goal is to see every girl with a complete 12 years of education. Also, Malala right now is on a girl power to trip where she travels around the world trying to fight for girls futures. She spends time meeting students from all around. She also meets local leaders as well as students. Malala was a very active person as she never gave up in her fight but with her great efforts came great
Imagine a world with no education. It is hard not to imagine a society where no knowledge, no future, or no life. If the world had no education; how will we build our sources? How will life know what is right and what is wrong? How would society know about the stages of life from past, present, and future? Just think how empty the world would be without education. Malala Yousafzai, an activist of woman and children's right of education known for her courageous acts to improve education globally. Malala Yousafzai has positively benefitted modern society by speaking up for her rights of education and by inspiring others to join her to create equality for all.
Throughout the history of storytelling, there have always been storybook characters that inspire and motivate young readers to become more engaged and knowledgeable about the struggles that some people go through. Reading has always been a pastime of mine; while reading I collect new friends in wonderful places that otherwise I could only dream of. Each of these characters that I have befriended and connected with over the years, has shaped my personality in some way or another, and choosing just one seems an impossible task. Although women’s rights have skyrocketed in the past century, overall the world is still predominately male-orientated, but the world of books has no bounds for inspirational women. Countless authors have written books with strong female leads, most of them fiction, but nonetheless inspirational. When choosing the most influential to me, I could start by writing about the character that first allowed me to immerse myself in the world of the written language, Nancy Drew. Or I could write about the character that allowed me to feel comfortable with being unique and intelligent, Hermione Granger. But I won’t go into those clichés, the book character that has inspired me more than the heroines starring in the hundreds of books that I’ve read is real life Super Girl, Malala Yousafzai.
Through Malala Yousafzai’s painful experience with growing up in a dangerous part of Pakistan, she created awareness in hope to regain the rights to educational opportunities for women. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997. She lived in Swat Valley in Mingora, Pakistan. (http://www.biography.com)
What is a hero? Christopher Reeve defines a hero as "an individual who finds the strength to preserve and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles" (Daily Qoutes, 1). If this is the definition of a hero, then Malala Yousafzai is one of the youngest female heroes of the current generation. While most teenagers are watching "Pretty Little Liars" or taking their first driving lesson, one young adult by the name of Malala Yousafzai defies the Taliban through her advocacy of women's right to an education. The Taliban, a group notorious for their harsh treatment of women and support of terrorism, is put to the test and threatened by a seventeen year old girl. Arguably, it is not Malala's survival story that makes her strong, but Malala became invincible
Many people, countries, and well the world have been wondering who Malala Yousafzai really is. Born July 12th 1997 in Mingora (Town North West of Pakistan), this Muslim girl flabbergasted the world when she stood up for education ("Malala Yousafzai Biography"). In 2009 she started an anonymous blog for the BBC about women’s schooling being overlooked ("Malala Yousafzai Biography”) Her persistent personality causes her to never give up, as she did with the blog. She is a role model to tons of girls around the world, who have started calling themselves Malala ("Malala Yousafzai Biography"). Many people say she got the love for learning from her father, Ziauddin Yousafzia; who is an educational activist, running a large chain of schools ("Malala Yousafzai Biography"). Pakistan won its first International Children's Peace Prize (now called the International Malala Peace Prize,) because of Malala and she also was the youngest to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at age 16, all of this happening in 2011("Malala Yousafz...
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Bringing this information to the classroom from a counselor perspective would be done in the developmental lesson and classroom activity. One activity can be, selecting one section of the book “I Am Malala” and asking the students to write their feeling in a form of a poem. These are examples of my own reactions to certain sections of the book. It would be an opportunity to bring awareness to students on how things are different and similar in other parts of the world. I would also like to show the following video to show Malala story to the students because it can be that many do not know who she
Since she was 11 years old, Malala has been writing a blog on the Urdu BBC website to show her hope and determination to become a doctor in spite of her fear against the Taliban. Her story of courageous actions created a big sensation in the public(weird grammar). From then on, she is referred to as a symbol of courage and inspiration for all young women, who want to relish the chance to go to school.
Well, Malala also won the Nobel Peace Prize, and spoke up for her rights. She got shot in the head because she spoke so strongly for rights to be able to go to school legally. Yes, she did write a blog under an anonymous name, as a type of silent protest, but she later revealed who she was. This whole thing all started with her father suggesting that she be the one to write a blog for BBC, but has escalated into something more well voiced. Malala Yousafzai started the Malala Fund and on her 18th birthday opened a school near the Syrian border that can hold more than 200 girls living in informal camps. So, Malala Yousafzai has done so much more than just writing a blog. (“Malala Yousafzai Deserve the Nobel Peace
Everybody has doubted and had fear in themselves at least once in their life life-time. When someone shows no doubt and no fear that is when they have faith and believe in themselves. The dictionary states that the word faith is used as a noun, it defines that Faith is ¨confidence or trust in a person or a thing” it also states that it is a “belief that is not based on proof”. Common synonyms used for faith include ¨belief¨, “truth”, “confidence”, and “acceptance”. The opposite of faith is not doubt but fear.
Malala Yousafzai, a women's right activist and one of the bravest women in the world. Malala is a hero that stood up for what she believed, that all women should have equal education. She sacrificed her life when she was shot in the head by a Taliban just to get her point across. ¨I am only talking about education, women's rights and peace. I want poverty to end in tomorrow´s Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school,¨ said Malala Yousafzai. She's an amazement because she wanted to modify the world by making women have equal education and rights. Malala also wanted to end penury in Pakistan for a better life with good economy. On October 9th, 2012, Malala was shot in her school bus for speaking out that women should be equal in education as men. Even though she almost risked her life,