Research Paper On Malala Yousafzai

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“I raise up my voice-not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back”,Malala Yousafzai. Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan in 1997. She embodies and embraces life and is grateful for her opportunities. Malala is discriminated against, simply for being a woman and she has devoted her life to changing people's outlooks on female education. Her goal is to get every child educated. Malala shows that the human spirit can triumph over adversity. She has taught us not to take anything for granted, that forgiveness is the most important lesson, and that appreciation is the key to success.

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Some would say that Malala Yousafzai is a nuisance. They believe that she violates the values of her religion, Islam, however other disagree. Others, convey that Malala is a national heroine who sticks up for those who lack a voice. Malala is fighting for education, something most people take for granted. Her journey started when her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, opened a school she attended and together they spoke out about women’s rights and rights to education. Together Malala and her family got hate letters and eventually death threats from the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan. Malala and her family ignored the threat because they were sure they would not harm a child. However, on October 9, 2012 Malala was riding home from school when a man boarded her school bus and shot her in the side of the head, where the bullet slid down her neck. Malala was in critical condition for the next few days and when she was well enough she was sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England to receive further care. As Biography.com described, “Though she would require multiple surgeries—including repair of a facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her face—she had suffered no major …show more content…

Education is undervalued and unappreciated and for that reason, not every child can have it. Malala Yousafzai has started the Malala petition that will recommit the United Nations to the Millennium Development, which will ensure the fight for education. According to biography.com a Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: “She is (the) pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequaled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead from her struggle and commitment." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as "a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher.”Recently, Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace prize inspiring more and more to never give up. She demonstrates that the human spirit can triumph over adversity and that appreciation is the key to

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