In Swat Valley Pakistan, young girls run through town hiding book and not wearing uniforms, hoping they aren’t punished or even killed by sneaking around to receive a proper education. Many girls do these things in this area, and risk their life because they want a fair education. This state of struggle is because of the Taliban, a middle eastern terrorist group. This group is feared by many, except one girl named Malala. Malala Yousafzai is considered an international hero. Her history and background are unique, her accomplishments are important, and the legacy she continues to leave behind continues to inspire many.
Malala Yousafzai is a native Pakistani teenager, who at a young age, began to defy the Taliban, a middle eastern terrorist group
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Yousafzai has stood in the face of terrorism and endured months in a hospital bed receiving death threats al for the sake of women’s education across the world, and still is standing strong. In late 2012, the Pakistani native was flown to Birmingham in the UK for treatment for a brain injury caused by a shot to the head. On one nightmarish October day, Yousafzai was on the bus, on her way home from school when a man entered the bus and shot Malala in the head. She was flown to a brain specialty medical hospital and almost didn’t survive. During her recovery, she received death threats regularly and the Taliban took credit for the assassination attempt against Yousafzai. Yet after this tragedy, she has stood strong. Malala has contributed huge amounts to the ongoing fight of women’s education against the Taliban, and has the awards to prove it. In 2011 Malala was awarded the first National Youth Piece Prize from the president of Pakistan, then in 2014 she was awarded the Nobel Piece Prize for her contributions to helping young girls not only continue their education, but safely and without worry for their life (Lewis). These awards are not Malala’s intention in what she is doing, but they further solidify the protection of fundamental human rights. Malala has done lots for the fight for human rights, but still she continues to help this cause in as many ways as she can. The Malala Fund was created to help girls go to school in Pakistan, and is currently helping 40 girls receiving education in Pakistan. Over time, this number will
The journey of Malala’s life has been fighting to get education for young girls of Pakistan. Malala wants to show everyone how valuable girls are and that they don’t need to be hidden away from the public, “My mother always told me,’hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, ‘it does not matter; I am also looking at them’” (Yousafzai 43). Malala will no longer stand for
The intended audience for the book I Am Malala was mainly meant for people who want to know more about the life and politics in Swat, Pakistan. From a young age Malala Yousafzai was told she would be a great politician,“Even as a toddler you talked like a politician” her father would tease her (142). Yousafzai talks a lot about how her life changed in Swat when the Taliban took over, and she explains “When I was in the street it felt as though every man I passed might be a Talib” ( Yousafzai 135). She says that the Taliban would blow up girls schools, because they felt that it was “haram and un-islamic” (Yousafzai 94). For a long period of the time the Taliban ruled over Swat and places all over Pakistan,
A Taliban leader said that if girls did not stop going to school within a month, there would be repercussions. Instead of capitulating, this proclamation only made Yousafzai more passionate and courageous. She continued to attend school, despite the numerous threats and causes for fear. As an education activist, she was in more danger than most of her classmates, so it was not safe for her to walk anywhere, instead she had to take a car or bus. One day, while aboard a school bus with her classmates and friends, two men entered asking which girl was named Malala. The other girls looked at Yousafzai which unintentionally gave away her location. The men shot 15 year old Yousafzai in a defining moment in history. This not only had consequences for her and her family, but it also had consequences for the citizens of Pakistan and people living around the world. This was a turning point because people began to realize that the Taliban would target anyone with opposing views, even teenage girls.
Stories were being told, except we weren’t sure if they were true. Rumours were spreading about how the Taliban treated people, but time went by and nothing changed. When the world started to fall silent, Malala Yousafzai, with all her courage and strength, spoke up. She has suffered for doing that, but she doesn’t regret it. Every word she says is expressed with concern. She knows that even her small voice, can and has, changed the world. Malala Yousafzai is a young activist from Swat Valley, Pakistan. In my opinion she is one of the most influential people living and that’s why I’m going to talk about her struggle, her accomplishments and what she wants and will try to change until the day she dies.
First, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani civil rights activist fighting for equal education in her country. Both Malala and her father, who ran a school close to their house, were threatened by the Taliban to stop allowing girls to go to the school and stop speaking outright about equal rights. However, Malala was already an advocate for girls education, writing on a BBC blog under a pseudonym, and neither her nor her father would back down. As a result, the Taliban attacked Malala’s bus one day as she was going to school, singling her out, the terrorists shot her three times and injured some of her friends. Although she
In the fall of 2012, a young Pakistani female was shot in the head by the Taliban while riding the bus home from school, but being shot was only one of the trails Malala Yousafzai was to overcome. Malala’s injuries were too great to be dealt with in hospitals in Pakistan; thus, she was transferred to England to undergo surgery. While in England Malala’s story became so popular that the United Nations heard of how she was shot and as a result, she had become an advocate for education; therefore, on July of 2013, at the age of sixteen, Malala, was invited to speak about her experience at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York. Her speech was intended to inform people of an epidemic that has invaded not only the Middle East but also
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
Women in America do not have to worry about a terrorist group coming and taking their rights away. They have a government that protects them from these groups and makes sure they have the same rights as others. In the Middle East, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan, women are scared to speak too loudly. These women live in fear each day of their lives because if they make one small mistake it could mean their life. Yet, there are some people who are fighting for women’s rights, especially women’s education. Malala Yousafzai is a girl who fought for women’s education. At the age of eleven, Malala began writing a blog for BBC Urdu. The blog described how she was upset that women’s education under the Taliban would be forced to stop. Malala also appeared on national television talking about women’s education. She has become a symbol of resistance against the Taliban. Even after Malala was put on the Taliban’s hit list, she continues to speak out about what she felt needed to be said. Malala would give her life for this cause, and she almost did. On October 9, 2012, Malala was on her way home from her morning classes when a man walked on to her bus and asked, “Who is Malala”. When she said it was her he shot her. The bullets hit her head and her leg. The Taliban ordered for her to be shot because she was promoting western culture in Pashtun areas. In another case Mukhtar Mai stood up for women’s rights and was sexually assaulted by multiple men with orders from the tribal council. The tradition in Mukhtar’s tribe was that a woman who is sexually assaulted by multiple men should kill herself, but instead of committing suicide she fought for her cause (Samira 28-30). Although the Taliban restricts women’s education for religious reaso...
Being shot in the face and seriously injured, did not stop Malala Yousafzai from pursuing her dreams. She did not morally agree with her government’s treatment of women, so she fought for her beliefs. Malala grew up in a rural village in Pakistan and was forced to follow customs she did not believe in. Swat Valley changed to a strictly ruled village with discrimination towards women. Malala created awareness around the world of the situation and stood up for her rights to education. 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.
the deepening threat she imposed on the Taliban had as well. The Taliban's earlier issue of death threats against Malala, though evoking fear, had not been taken seriously until October 9th, 2012. While on her way home from school, a gunman stopped Malala's bus, injured three of Malala's school mates, and shot Malala in the head (Alter, 1). Fortunately, the bullet had avoided contact with her brain but left Malala severely injured and in a coma. Malala was sent to Birmingham, England and had undergone several procedures preformed on her at the Queen Elizabeth hospital. It is controversial whether it was luck, fate, or God that saved Malala that day yet one thing was certain, Malala Yousafzai had escaped death and was on her way to recovery (McAllester, 1). Malala recovered but was left disfigured from the bullet wound in her head but still continued her studies in Birmingham (Leiby, 1). One would think that Malala would fear ever speaking for women's education again but almost immediately after her recovery, Malala continued her pursuits and efforts for women's education (Alter, 1). As a result of her being shot, Malala's name and support globally skyrocketed and the Malala fund was established. This fund allows people to support and donate money to the establishment of women's educations. Famous celebrities, such as Angelina Jolie support and donate to the Malala fund, displaying the effect and recognition that Malala's efforts have reached.
The article , “Malala the Powerful”, By Kristin Lewis, describes a girl who got hurt for what she stand up for in the world, so should and went through courage and challenges in the world today till for the taliban. Malala was a girl who was in a big part that affect the world the Taliban. She was a girl that fought for what she believed in she fought for girls who didn't get to go school. So when the taliban went down she still went to school but she hid herself and the other children. As she was getting on a bus one day two men walked up and asked for her and she got up they shot her. She recovered but it was hard for her but after that she became a person that could help children in the world today. Through all that her and others have been
“I dream of a country where education would prevail” (Malala Yousafzai). Education around the world has begun to be overlooked more and more each year; women’s education especially. Fighting to learn is one of the many problems women face each day, additionally it does not help when the opportunity to be educated is not given to over 6 million teenage girls alone. The women that are confident enough to stand up and fight for schooling are usually respected. Being one of the very few people in Pakistan who fought for better teachings, Malala is now well respected in many countries. Malala Yousafzai (Yoo-saff-zay) was shot by the Taliban in 2012; after a long recovery, she miraculously advocates for education around the world.
“I am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai is a beautiful and hard breaking book at the same time. This book is an autobiography that describes the author childhood and her support on the right for girls to have an education. Through this autobiography, Malala describes the restrictions that are imposed on females in her country. There are many that believe that woman of Pakistan should not be educated in the other hands there are a few that oppose this idea. Malala’s support on education for girls almost cost her life, since she was shot by the Taliban. From a multicultural perspective Malala’s story touches on topics such; culture shock, discrimination within your own culture, oppression, religion, family and woman’s right. Despite the opposition
Malala is globally acclaimed for her courageous efforts in promoting children and women’s education under such extreme conditions. Recently, she was nominated for the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize at a ceremony held on World Children’s Day this year. She was the first Pakistani woman to b...
Malala Yousafzai, a young eighteen-year-old girl is an example of someone who championed so hard for women's rights but is seen as an outcast in her own home country of Pakistan. She was so powerful in her belief in a woman’s ability to be educated that she was targeted by the Taliban who shot her in the head. Miraculously, she survived but is now forced out of her own country, because of the danger of being again targeted. The Taliban punishes innocent protesters and brainwashes other citizens to believe their ideals about a ‘perfect’ society. Thus, Malala lives as an outcast, trying to stray from predetermined Pakistani