Persistence, “to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning” or “to be insistent in the repetition or pressing of an utterance (such as a question or opinion)” (Merriam-Webster.con). To be persistent is important to create and maintain great leaders. Leaders such as Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth, and even Adolf Hitler all possessed the ability to be persistent. An inspirational individual who showed persistence immensely is Malala Yousafzai. Malala Yousafzai portrayed the idea of persistence through many aspects of her life. Malala was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. Her parents, Ziauddin and Toor Pekai, named her after a Pashtun heroine, Malalai (Yousafzai 15). Growing up, she shared her father’s love of learning and education. The Taliban, a political group, took control of her home, Swat Valley, in 2007. The Taliban said that they were going to ensure peace and security by using their version of the Islamic Law, which they wanted everyone to abide by (BBC.com). They began forbidding things, such as television and music, and also said that no girls over ten years old should go to school. By the end of 2008, over four hundred schools were …show more content…
On her sixteenth birthday, July 12, 2013, Malala gave a speech at the United Nations about education rights for every girl and boy. The United Nations ended up declaring July 12, her birthday, “Malala Day” (Malala.org). Yousafzai promised that every year on her birthday, she would do something that contributed to children’s rights. She has not failed to follow through with this promise, as every year on July 12, Malala has gone to another region to proclaim her message. In 2014, she went to Nigeria to speak regarding the kidnappings of young girls by a terrorist group there, Boko Haram. This group is similar to the Taliban, they also do not want young girls to go to
The journey of Malala’s life has been fighting to get education for young girls of Pakistan. Malala wants to show everyone how valuable girls are and that they don’t need to be hidden away from the public, “My mother always told me,’hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, ‘it does not matter; I am also looking at them’” (Yousafzai 43). Malala will no longer stand for
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
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
The Taliban had began targeting girls' schools in Swat valley because they believed that female education went against their extremist Islamic beliefs. When the Taliban had prevented her and several other girls from attending school, Malala publicly spoke up against the Taliban's outrageous actions. In 2008, Malala spoke to an audience at a local press club in Peshawar about the Taliban taking away her, as well as several other females, basic right to an education by destroying educational and government institutions. Her speech entitled, “How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to an Education,” displays the passion and outrage that Malala feels about the events occurring in her hometown. While Malala's speech was well received and made her publicly known among her village, it was her blog that made her rise to world wide fame. After hearing the announcement by Mullah Fazlullah that girls' schools were to be closed by January 15th, Ziauddin Yousafzai was asked by a BBC reporter if he could search for a girl who was willing to write about life under Taliban rule (Profile: Malala Yousafzai, 1). One girl had volunteered but was later dissuaded by her parents who feared the risks and danger of going against the Taliban (Alter, 1). Malala's father encouraged Malala, who willingly accepted the challenge. In order to avoid discovery, Malala wrote under the pseudonym of
Education transforms and ends the cycle of poverty that traps children of pursuing their dreams. Knowledge is the impetus for the full development of the human personality and the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. Before the world can enjoy peace and security, Malala Yousafzai and Hillary Clinton both argue that everyone must be guaranteed equal rights and opportunities to the gain of higher erudition. Firstly, Malala Yousafzai and Hillary Clinton's speeches to the United Nations was incredibly efficient because of usage of ethos.
“I dream of a country where education would prevail” (Malala Yousafzai). Education around the world has begun to be overlooked more and more each year; women’s education especially. Fighting to learn is one of the many problems women face each day, additionally it does not help when the opportunity to be educated is not given to over 6 million teenage girls alone. The women that are confident enough to stand up and fight for schooling are usually respected. Being one of the very few people in Pakistan who fought for better teachings, Malala is now well respected in many countries. Malala Yousafzai (Yoo-saff-zay) was shot by the Taliban in 2012; after a long recovery, she miraculously advocates for education around the world.
Malala Yousafzai has made many claims for what she believes in. Those without a voice need to be heard. The taliban cannot quiet her. Nonviolence is one of the World’s greatest traditions. Education is one of the most important human rights. Yousafzai is able to support these claims with the way she speaks. She is splendid at using rhetoric, persuasive language with techniques like figures of speech. Malala Yousafzai uses repetition, pathos, and ethos to support her claims.
Malala Yousafzai uses examples of argumentative techniques to advance her cause for quality and attainable education worldwide. She builds her argument by using persuasive techniques such as facts, emotion, rhetorical questions, and figurative language throughout her speech.
In the fall of 2012, a young Pakistani female was shot in the head by the Taliban while riding the bus home from school, but being shot was only one of the trails Malala Yousafzai was to overcome. Malala’s injuries were too great to be dealt with in hospitals in Pakistan; thus, she was transferred to England to undergo surgery. While in England Malala’s story became so popular that the United Nations heard of how she was shot and as a result, she had become an advocate for education; therefore, on July of 2013, at the age of sixteen, Malala, was invited to speak about her experience at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York. Her speech was intended to inform people of an epidemic that has invaded not only the Middle East but also
Mercifully, Malala is now recovered and is back in school. She is currently attending a school in Birmingham in Britain. The Taliban’s attack only made her stronger and more determined to fight against women’s rights in the Arab region. Nothing could stop her from fighting for women’s rights,
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“Energy and persistence conquers all things.” (Benjamin Franklin). Persistence is a characteristic that doesn’t allow someone to give up when doing something challenging. This is a great quality to have when trying to achieve anything you engage in, because along the way you will face many challenging things that will make
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,
Malala was flown from Pakistan to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. With the extensive surgery the doctors had done to Malala, she had a tube down her throat and she could not talk. She was very confused. She woke up only knowing that she was not in Pakistan anymore. She could only write down what she wanted to say. Her Father and the rest of her family couldn’t join her right away. She had to wait several weeks before she was joined with the rest of her family. Malala was shot down because she had spoken out for girls to have the right to education. In 2007, the Taliban had taken over the town which Malala lived in called Swat Valley. Under Taliban rules, women had barely any rights at all. Women could not get an education, work, wear makeup, or even walk out of their door without a male relative. In the entire town, music, television, and movies were banned. If one were to break this rule, the punishments were severe, even fatal. In January 2009, all girls schools were forced to close. Her father had owned a girls school for over a decade and refused to close. During that year, Malala, age 11, started to write a blog for the BBC, (British Broadcasting Corporation). Outrage grew over the entire world about the way of the Taliban. Malala started to give sp...
Persistence. Persistence in the face of opposition. It is easy to be passionate when life and business is good. You will have the perfect mindset and attitude. However, what happens when the perfection stops and the hardships set in. Will you drive forward, with the same passion and commitment? The winners do. The successful entrepreneurs do. Persistence is the ingrained mindset of success. It truly does separate those that succeed from those that fail. Your persistence is what separates those that dream to achieve and those that achieve. Never give