He Named Me Malala Essay

Education is perceived as being the key to obliterating gender equality, ceasing world hunger, and deteriorating global violence. Because of the authority that education possesses, some people feel the need to silence the voices of those who value it because it creates independent minds that question those of authority. More specifically, many Middle Eastern countries, such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India, have banned the rights of women to pursue an education due to cultural preferences. Instead of becoming more knowledgeable, women of the Islamic culture are powerless and are expected to tend to both their wifely and motherly duties within the household. The women of the Islamic culture were initially very content with this ideology

However, one of the pivotal rights that she is fighting for is the right for women to obtain an education. The film begins with a visual presentation that talks about the story of Malaila of Maiwand, a famous warrior woman from South Afghanistan, who was killed, but also honored for encouraging the Afghan army by waving their native flag during a battle against the British. The audience eventually finds out later on in the film that this is who Malala is named after so that she may emulate this heroine, which she does. The death of Malaila is then foreshadowed of when Malala is also injured. Malala is in a coma due to the fact she was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban because of her actions in obtaining women’s rights for education. While in a coma, her father feels guilty for her injury because he had always encouraged her actions toward speaking for what she believed in. He feels as though while she was in a coma, she was thinking, “I was a child. You should have stopped me.” Fortunately, Malala eventually comes out of her a coma and recovers