Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai stood up for herself, her education, and for her fundamental rights when confronted by a fearsome terrorists group. Malala created a chain reaction around the world bringing change, light, and hope to girls across the world.
Malala was born July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, Her father is Ziauddin Yousafzai. She became an advocate for girls’ education. When she was 14 years old, she got shot in the head by a Taliban.
Malala and her family found out that a Taliban had issued a death threat against her. She had to hide her identity; she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year. On October 9, 2012, when Malala was traveling back home when a man boarded her bus and who and where she is. Nobody said anything, but their actions gave her away. He shot her in the head; the bullet traveled down her neck. The shooting left Malala in critical condition. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. Malala was taken out of a medically induced coma. She had suffered no major brain damage. In March 2013, she was able to begin attending school in Birmingham, England. A year after being shot, Malala shares her dreams- and the story of her brave recovery, “My world has changed,” she says, “but I have not.”
"I speak for education of every child, in every corner of the world," Malala says. "There has been discrimination in our society," which she believes must be defeated. "We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past."
Malala is known for activism for rights to education and for women. She became the world’s most admired children-rights...
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...p our books and pens." "School is like walking through a magical door to your dreams." "We are starving for education. For us, it is like a precious gift. It's like a diamond."
The Girl Declaration has been created to give girls like Malala all over the world a voice, and we are honored that Malala herself has signed it. Malala shows our children, and all of us, the power of a voice, the power of a child, the power of words and the power of education.
Works Cited
* Malala Yousafzai My Second Life By: Dennis, Alicia, Corcoran, Liz, 10/21/2013, Vol. 80, Web. 3/14/14 Lili.org. Np. March 14, 2014
* “Synopsis”Biography.com. A+E Television Networks, LLC. Np. March 14, 2014
* “THE FIGHTER MALALA YOUSAFZAI” By Aryn Baker; Megan Gibson; Sonia Van Gilder Cooke and Mehboob Ali, MAS Ultra - School Edition, 12/31/2012, Web. 3/13/14 Lili.org Np. Web. March 14, 2014
In order to change that, Malala started speaking at conventions and conferences. The article, ‘Malala Yousafzai: A Girl with
Malala Yousafzai has made many claims for what she believes in. Those without a voice need to be heard. The taliban cannot quiet her. Nonviolence is one of the World’s greatest traditions. Education is one of the most important human rights. Yousafzai is able to support these claims with the way she speaks. She is splendid at using rhetoric, persuasive language with techniques like figures of speech. Malala Yousafzai uses repetition, pathos, and ethos to support her claims.
Writer, political activist, and feminist Malala Yousafzai once said, “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen, can change the world.” Education is not a luxury, but rather a basis for survival; sadly, thirty-one million females ages five through eleven are not in a primary school and seventeen million of these females are expected to never enroll in school (Education). Malala Yousafzai fought, and is currently still fighting for education rights for women and children (Van). Malala Yousafzai defied a law which she determined unjust and was prepared to pay the ultimate price: her life. Due to Yousafzai’s personal beliefs, she choose to participate in civil disobedience by protesting the ban on education. Malala Yousafzai was successful in her actions through the use of peaceful protest. Yousafzai committed an act of civil disobedience in the eyes of the Taliban. Civil disobedience is defined as peace protest that violates a law intentionally (Suber).In addition to
Malala started her heroic journey when she started blogging under a pen name “Gul Makai” how life is with the Taliban for the BBC. She knew that by doing this she was taking a risk, but for her, the risk was worth it if she could get girls to have an education. She was able to go back to school when
As an avid speaker, she has also used some rhetorical tactics to capture the attention of her listeners and make sure her point gets through everyone’s mind. Malala started her speech with some holy words of Islam and then thanking god and her parents, family and all those people around the world who supported her. She also dedicates her award to helpless and forgotten children who desperately want education. She also pointed towards the importance of providing education, especially to girls instead of getting them married at a tender
Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and
First, Malala Yousafzai is an inspiring girl who wanted girls to have education. She was innovative and adaptable to speak out. When she was twelve, her school shut down, so
Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. It is the very same “legacy of change” that Nelson Mandela used that inspires what Malala Yousafzai does today. At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating for girls’ education. Since this appalling incident, Malala has gone on to be the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, start the “Malala Fund”, that funds education in developing countries, and is currently the figure of women’s rights. Malala has been constantly speaking, advocating and helping women and children acquire the rights they deserve. In her powerful speech to the U.N, she opened the world’s eyes to the truth about education
In 2009, Yousafzai began writing blogs for BBC Urdu about living under the Taliban 's threats which denied females to having education,driving, and even go shopping. Because of her activism, she received an award for Pakistan 's National Youth Peace Prize, in 2011. Yousafzai and her family received numerous death threats. However, In 2012, Yousafzai was targeted by a Taliban assassin. On her way to school she was shot in the left side of her head in which she was taken to a hospital in Great Britain and survived. And soon the story of Malala Yousafzai captured the world’s attention as Malala responded to the attack. “Dear friends, on the 9th of October, 2012, the Taliban shot me on the left side of my forehead. They shot my friends too. They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they
Education is something various people feel extremely passionate about and would not want anything else, but a strong educational system around the world. Countless children around the world do not acquire the right to an education and various of those children are girls. Malala is one of those persons that enjoys education and her dream is to have an education for every girl that is being deprived of her rights. Malala has slowly turned herself into a symbol of peace and her novel is able to reflect that throughout her novel by applying various rhetorical devices. Malala Yousafzai the author of “I am Malala” is able to apply imagery, pathos, and analogy effectively to make an impact on her audience.
“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
Despite her devastating experience, Malala does not cease doing what she thinks is right, and still hopes to change the world into a place where everyone has equal chance to education irrespective of gender and age.
Malala shared her story at the United Nations to the narrative that directs attention toward equality and rejection of dignity.... ... middle of paper ... ... Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving Watts, P. (2013). Analysis of Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the UN General Assembly. The presenters' blog.
Yousafzai attempts to engage her audience for the protection of children by saying, “Dear brothers and sisters, we want schools and education for every child’s bright future” (Yousafzai, 3). Malala mentions children in her speech to connect with those in the crowd that sympathetic for the cause of children. It’s possible that if she spoke on behalf of the children too, as opposed to just women, that she could rally more people to fight for education. Finally, Yousafzai’s utilization of pathos is successful in creating an emotional drive in her audience by sharing her testimony and accounts of people who also suffer for speaking up for their right to education, peace, and
Many people are quick to recognize Malala Yousafzai’s very known face, however not everyone knows the full story. That was the case for Junior, Kayla Rosen, in Miami Country Day. After reading the book, Kayla was glad she had picked I am Malala as it inspired her and gave her a different perspective on life. “I chose it because i heard about this story in the past,” says Kayla, “and i wanted to hear the story in a more in depth way, hear the real thing.” I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai, is an awakening book that talks about a teenage girl fighting a radical Islamic group in her hometown who oppress rights for women's education.