I am Malala 10 Page Paper.
Introduction and Overview of Topics:
I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb is a great piece of non-fiction literature detailing the life of Malala and her struggle for education in Pakistan. Detailing the life of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, it recounts her early childhood and her influences in the Swat Valley, the rise of the Taliban under Fazlullah, her and her father’s activism, being shot, and her life after the shooting. The book attempts to weave in suitable background information as required by the subjects in each of the chapters, but often falls short in this regard.
It is for this reason that this paper will be providing, in its first section, a brief history of Pakistan, from the oldest Pakistani history, to modern day, as well as a summary of the geo-politics of the region. Included in this will be a summary of the history of the Taliban, the cold-war events which led to their creation, their …show more content…
Funded secretly by the Afghan Taliban, which continued to be funded by Pakistan, the ISI and Army soon began facing troops that trained like them and fought like them. In many cases they ended up facing reserve weapons that the army soldiers may have trained with. Temporary alliances were formed with vastly different groups and the same alliances were disbanded just as quickly. Their lightning military and political tactics swept through the country and rapidly won the hearts and minds of the citizens of Pakistan, including those in the Swat valley. Around 2007, the same time the army kicked up their efforts against the Taliban, one figure Maulana Fazlullah began to stand out. Fazlullah, living through the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, was always more prone to becoming a radical. Yet it wasn’t until he fell in love with the daughter of another Taliban member that he started down his
Introduction and Overview of Topics:
I am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb is a great piece of non-fiction literature detailing the life of Malala and her struggle for education in Pakistan. Detailing the life of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, it recounts her early childhood and her influences in the Swat Valley, the rise of the Taliban under Fazlullah, her and her father’s activism, being shot, and her life after the shooting. The book attempts to weave in suitable background information as required by the subjects in each of the chapters, but often falls short in this regard.
It is for this reason that this paper will be providing, in its first section, a brief history of Pakistan, from the oldest Pakistani history, to modern day, as well as a summary of the geo-politics of the region. Included in this will be a summary of the history of the Taliban, the cold-war events which led to their creation, their …show more content…
Funded secretly by the Afghan Taliban, which continued to be funded by Pakistan, the ISI and Army soon began facing troops that trained like them and fought like them. In many cases they ended up facing reserve weapons that the army soldiers may have trained with. Temporary alliances were formed with vastly different groups and the same alliances were disbanded just as quickly. Their lightning military and political tactics swept through the country and rapidly won the hearts and minds of the citizens of Pakistan, including those in the Swat valley. Around 2007, the same time the army kicked up their efforts against the Taliban, one figure Maulana Fazlullah began to stand out. Fazlullah, living through the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, was always more prone to becoming a radical. Yet it wasn’t until he fell in love with the daughter of another Taliban member that he started down his