I Am Malala Social Justice Issues

Imagine you have been assigned to create a new society with the aspect of social justice in your mind. You’d probably look at historical examples, like the book I Am Malala, which shows many of the social justice issues happening in Pakistan and learn from the mistakes the people of Pakistan made. You’d probably make sure that there were laws for citizens to follow that are not discriminating against a certain group. You'd also make sure that there were schools and hospitals for people who needed education or healthcare. In fact, you'd probably also make sure that there were plenty of places of worship, so people who were religious felt at home. In short, you'd want to build institutions that were available to people. This connects to social

In America, these things are known as normal. For example, Malala says, “We went to shops where I bought school books and Adam bought me DVDs of American TV programmes like Ugly Betty, which was about a girl with big braces and a big heart. I loved it and dreamed of one day going to New York and working on a magazine like her.” Malala uses Ugly Betty as a way to talk about the difference between western life and her life in Pakistan. Malala connects the Ugly Betty show to her dreams, as if the western life was way easier than the life Malala had to face. Soon, the Taliban had banned many aspects of the western life. They banned basic places like barber shops and salons, things that seem so natural in the western life, and changed them, just to show women that they “weren’t as strong as men”. They even did acts such as snatching female mannequins from clothing shops and also completely getting rid of shops that had anything to do with western fashion. This created terror. The terror that because women weren’t good enough, they didn’t get as many resources. Malala talks about how if you didn’t follow the “rules”, and attempted to live the western lifestyle, “They [Taliban] harassed men wearing Western-style shirts and trousers instead of the traditional shalwar kamiz and insisted women cover their heads. It was as though they wanted to remove all traces of womankind from public life.” The Taliban have also have had a difficult relationship with America. I think that the 9/11 attacks have a great influence on what their perspective on western life is. Americans have made stereotypes on many Muslims, that all muslims are “terrorists”. Malala shows that this statement is wrong by showing the true insight of how it is not every muslim. It is actually only a small groups like the Taliban that are in control. Malala shows that Islam is also about love and peace just like many other