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 was born July 12th, 1997 in one of the most women discriminated places, Mingora, Pakistan. “She was named Malala, which means ‘grief stricken’ after a famous female Pashtun poet and warrior from Afghanistan,”(“biography”, 3). When Malala was 10, the Taliban rapidly changed
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.
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.
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
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.
Contemporary Literary Criticism, ed. by Lawrence J. Trudeau, vol. 403, Gale, 2017. Literature Resource Center. 1 June 2017.
Malala Yousafzai released her memoir, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban in 2013, recounting her struggles as a schoolgirl oppressed by the Taliban while living in Pakistan. For those who may not be familiar with her story, Malala became an undercover correspondent for BBC at the age of 12, writing about her thoughts on the ongoing war and how the Taliban was frightfully forcing the girls in ...
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)
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...
In her autobiography, Malala shows her admiration for her father. Malala’s father was a school teacher that works very and hard to fulfill his dream of building a school. His focus shifted once his first-born child was a girl. Ziauddin Yousafzai Malala’s father thinks that girls should have the same opportunity as boys to get educated and selected any professional field desired. It rejects the common traditions that place woman at the same level than an object Ziauddin Yousafzai ideas were rejected and condemn by the Taliban which had gained gradual power in the region where they
Malala is now getting supports from multiple groups around the world. According to a recent interview, Malala says in Urdu, Her sacrifice and her bravery to fight for the benefits of the society have inspired and have garnered support of many people including teenagers and adults.
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,