“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful” (Inc). Malala has gone through and achieved so many things in her age. Coming from a family of progressive thinkers and educationist, she was like her father Ziauddin Yousafzai an education activist, who runs a school just adjacent to their family home. Malala has won many awards for her great accomplishments one being a Nobel Peace Prize. The Taliban seeing this voted to kill her. A gunman shot her in the head, but she survived; after she recovered she created the Malala Fund. Malala, a strong and brave 18 year, became a woman’s education activist when she was young after the Taliban had taken over Mingora, Pakistan. Malala’s hometown Swat Valley was once a popular tourist spot known for their summer festivals, that all changed however when the Taliban took control. Malala attended a school her father Ziauddin In 2009, the Pakistan army finally retook control of Swat from the Taliban and Malala began writing a blog for the BBC Urdu service using the name Gul Makai to protect her identity. The blog talked about what it was like to live under the Taliban’s threats, how she feared her school would be attacked and several other subjects. During this time Malala feared her father’s life would be put at more risk than hers since he was already a well known education activist, Ziauddin along with Malala both received death threats, it did little good though they both continued to speak out about woman’s rights to an education. In the month of December, Malala was revealed as the blogger of the BBC blog and had been featured in a documentary that was for the New York times as well. Encouraged by her father to express her thoughts freely she continued on speaking out about a woman’s right to an education, doing so she had been nominated and received many
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
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
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.
Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. New York: Little, Brown and, 2013. Print.
Soon after, Malala was born and a favorite of her father’s. He taught her the value of education and how he had to struggle and claw his way to get a decent education. He preached that every person should have the right to go to school and be educated. Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, is a very influential person in the village and a great role model as Malala grew up. He participated in Anti-Taliban organizations and constantly preached for peace, educational rights and for th...
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
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
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 ...
The book I Am Malala How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, is about a young girl, born is 1997, named Malala, who stands up for education and was later shot by the Taliban. Malala, a Pashtun, was from Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan, her religion was moderate Muslim. This Memoir was dedicated to those children who have no access to education, and to those who stand up for their rights. In this book three significant themes are religion, courage and perseverance, and fame, power, the importance of role models. These themes are revealed through Malala's actions.
Malala shared her father’s passion for learning and loved going to school. In 2009, as the Taliban’s military hold on Swat intensified, Malala began writing a blog for the UK television, about her fears that her school would be attacked and the increasing military activity in
She likewise declined to stop her blog about her life under the Taliban that she set up for BBC news. Her story is a striking exhibition of bravery and shows exactly what amount can be accomplished through conviction in what is right. When you read her book “I Am Malala “she pronounces that “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” Malala’s story manifests that anything is conceivable. Notwithstanding significant challenges, she has figured out how to set up herself as a vital constrain in driving forward female education over the world. She accentuation on the keys to taking care of the issues both inside Pakistan and on a worldwide scale, as opposed to waiting on her experience with the Taliban, showing genuine bravery and grit close by an enthusiasm for fairness that motivates on her developments. Malala Yousafzai is presently a representation for positive change in a reality as we know it where change is not generally saluted. In spite of the Taliban’s dangers, Malala Yousafzai remains a stalwart backer for the force of education. She won numerous honors for her grit and heroism. On October 10, 2013 in affirmation of her work, the European Parliament granted her the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, that year she additionally composed
Malala thought differently and started protesting against their beliefs. She also kept attending school secretely. She tried to keep her identity a secret by using the pen name Gul Makai, when she wrote for the BBC Urdu. The Taliban still found out who she was and targeted her. On the morning of October 9, 2012, two men stopped her school bus and got on.
Malala had one thing she would use to face the Taliban, her voice. She gave several speeches against the Taliban. Her father was asked several times why he would allow his eleven year old daughter to speak out against the Taliban. He would reply, she is just wanting to learn and if she can help other girls to do so as well she
Malala then continues to describe her father’s views on the Taliban as they sent him threats and terrorized him for opening a school that taught girls. They believed women were objects rather than people and convinced several women to become martyrs as suicide bombers. “When someone takes away your pens you realize quite how important your education is.” (page 134) After the Taliban started to bomb schools for girls, her classmates became scared and many dropped out, but Malala and her father impacted the school by giving speeches and encouraging his students to stand up to the Taliban. She knows the value of her education and will not willingly let anyone take it from her or anyone else. Eventually, Malala becomes a target from the Taliban because of her protests. However, she does not take
Malala Yousafzai give a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist attack make her strong person although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of shot. Further, Malala has a pure heart so she can’t hate Taliban. She has learned to be peaceful to all people from Muhammad-the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. And that what the religions asks people to be. She also talked about the importance of receiving education, and how educated people are stronger than uneducated people. That is the cause why Taliban against education. Malala pointed that peace and education are related to each other. Moreover, she presented that women and girls should be encouraged to receive education therefore they are the most individuals who suffering from inequality to be educated.