Malala Research Paper

Malala Yousafzai is a person who I truly look up to in many ways. Malala was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. (Biography.com) “I was named after Malalai of Maiwand, the greatest heroine of Afghanistan.” (Yousafzai,14) Her father, who was also a speaker, opened Malala’s mind to publicly speaking. When Malala was two, her brother Khushal was born. Five years after Khushal was born, Malala’s parent had another child named Atal. (Yousafzai, 20) Malala had a normal life in her early years, but she still shared her opinion with the world. Malala overcame being shot in the head by the Taliban and went on to achieving her dream of supporting schooling for girls and has become a global symbol of peace because of it.

No young girl should not have had to go through obstacles such as …show more content…
Malala didn’t agree with this rule and started to protest the Taliban’s rules. The biggest obstacle she faced was being shot in the head on her school bus by the Taliban. Malala started speaking after her father who is a public speaker. She would speak about girls not being able to go to school. Then the …show more content…
For example, it was dangerous to challenge the Taliban, however, Malala didn’t stop speaking publically about the rules and how they weren’t fair to women. Because of the terrorism, Malala wanted to help erase the Taliban from her valley. (Yousafzai, 137) She would also go with her father to speeches and speak about what we can do to stop them. Because of this she received hate from her own friends because of how she spoke about the Taliban. (Yousafzai, 310) After Malala was shot everyone heard about it. Malala was in the hospital for a long time. She writes, “I thought i’d be back by November.”(Yousafzai, 285) This shows that Malala thought she would make a very quick recovery, but she didn’t. Even though it took a long time, Malala pulled