Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora Pakistan. She spoke up against Pakistan’s education system, which made her a subject of interest by the Taliban. She grew up going to school and wanted every girl to get an education too. In 2012 Malala was shot by the Taliban. The bullet barely missed her brain but she miraculously pulled through. After she recovered, she spoke in front of the UN, received awards, and opened secondary schools. The Taliban may have weakened her physically, but they only fueled her fight. Malala is a major spokesperson for girls’ education. After being shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai fought harder than ever to get girls the education they deserve.
Malala has been an advocate for education since a young age. She once spoke on Pakistan TV, where she said “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?” ("Malala Yousafzai - Biographical"). In 2009 she blogged anonymously on BBC to talk about her life under the Taliban’s control. ("Malala Yousafzai - Biographical"). In October of 2013 she founded the Malala Fund that accepts donations going towards education, which has
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In 2014 at age 17 she became the youngest person to win The Nobel Prize. (Malala Yousafzai - Biographical). When accepting the award she said ¨This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want change.¨ (Malala Yousafzai - Biographical). In October of 2013 the European Parliament awarded her the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. (Malala Yousafzai - Biographical). In 2011 she was nominated for the Children's Peace Prize, then she won Pakistan's National Peace Prize. (Malala Yousafzai - Biographical). October of 2014 she won the Liberty Medal. She said she accepted the award on behalf of children struggling to get an education. (Constitution Center). Her efforts have affected many girls around the
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
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
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
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.
The autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai begins with the scene of young pakistani education and women’s rights activist Malala being shot in the head. Her school bus had been stopped by the Taliban who, after asking which of the girls was Malala, put a bullet into her head. Malala ends the powerful prologue with the words “Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story” (9). Malala then rewinds to the story of her birth and how in Pakistan, no one congratulated her parents when she was born because she was a girl. Pakistani culture pushes for the birth of a boy as an islamic majority country. However, her father saw the potential in his daughter as a great leaser and named her after one of the great female leaders in Pakistan- Malalai of Maiwand who inspired the Afghan people, who were losing hope, to spur the army to victory against the British/Indian forces. Malala describes life in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. She outlines the Indian- Pakistan revolution and the shift of the Pashtun people into the Swat Valley. Malala’s father grew up in Shahpur but struggled to get his education in the town where he met Malala’s mother. They married and his dream of building a school, Khushal Public School, became reality when they moved into Mingora.
The vicious roars of the canons of the Taliban carved out the voice of Malala, who not only had the courage to fight for her rights but was also dauntless enough to take bullets in the forehead for her cause. “I’m hopeful that we all in the UN will be united in the goal of education and peace, and that we will make this world not just a better place, but the best place to live. Education is hope, education is peace,” Ms. Yousafzai stressed. But as always, there are people, burdening mother earth with their figures, who not only debate against gender equality but also question the plausibility of Malala Yousefzai. There is one question that spawns amidst this scenario:
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 ...
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997. She lived in Swat Valley in Mingora, Pakistan. (http://www.biography.com) Pakistan is located on the Arabian Sea in South Asia. Malala attended Khushal School for Girls, in which her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai’s, founded. Malala’s father was her greatest inspiration in becoming a Women’s Rights and Children’s Activist in the future. (Malala’s Dream: A Brave Teen From Pakistan…)
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...
Growing up, Malala’s father was a school teacher in the SWAT valley. This helped introduce Malala to the problem of girls education. Many schools for girls in her village were blown up by the Taliban, and girls were too afraid to go to school. This caused Malala to start a blog writing against the Taliban, and especially for girls’ education. Malala states, “ I was writing from the privacy of my bedroom, using a secret identity, but thanks to the internet, the story of what was happening in Swat was there for the whole world to see”(77). Malala showed immense bravery when she began writing out for what was right. Consequently, the Taliban gave her and her family death threats. In I Am Malala, Malala claims, “Let them kill me. I will die for what I believe in” (119). Coming close to death, Malala was shot on her sixteenth birthday in point-blank range by a Taliban. Miraculously, she survived, and she still speaks out for the right to education today. Malala shows us what a person can accomplish with courage in the face of danger. She claims, “This is my dream. Education for every boy, and every girl in the world” (193). Malala stands for what she believes in, and uses courage in times of peril to benefit girls all over the
Malala is globally acclaimed for her courageous efforts in promoting children and women’s education under such extreme conditions. Recently, she was nominated for the European Union’s Sakharov human rights prize at a ceremony held on World Children’s Day this year. She was the first Pakistani woman to b...
And that is what the religion 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 reason why the Taliban are against education. Malala pointed out 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 suffer from inequality to be educated.
The book I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is an autobiography about a young girl who believes in equal rights for women in her country. In Pakistan women are treated like second class citizens and are not allowed certain freedoms that all men have. It is normal in Pakistan for the women in Pakistan to be submissive to the men. However, everyone is submissive to the Taliban. When Malala attended school she never felt safe because the Taliban was also known for blowing up all girl schools. After she entered high school she started to speak out against the Taliban exposing them for who they really are. Several threats were made on the young girl’s life but she ignored them and continued to persevere. On October 9, 2012 she was shot by a Taliban
Malala Yousafzai (n.d.), the youngest person to be nominated for a Noble Peace Prize and education activist stated that:
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,