Malala Yousafzai
Through the eyes of many, Malala Yousafzai is a survivor; she is someone people look up to and dream to be. She has gone through many trials that tested her bravery, and tested her will to live, and even after all that, she never gave up. Throughout the nineteen years that Malala Yousafzai has been alive, she has endured many struggles that can be tracked throughout her childhood, autobiography, I am Malala, and the education that women receive in the Middle East.
Her story begins when she, “Malala Yousafzai was born in July 12, 1997, to a Sunni family in the Swat Valley in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan” (Schnee par. 1). Her first name, Malala, was named after Malalai of Maiwand, who was a female poet and warrior. While her last name, Yousafzai, is the name of the tribal confederation that exist in Swat Valley. She lived in a small, cramped house along with her two brothers and their parents (Schnee par.1). As she grew up she began to love education just like her father had, so on her 18th birthday she opened a …show more content…
In the book, she states that “first the taliban took our music, then our buddhas, then our history (Yousafzai 123).” At the time she was growing up and going to school the Taliban were taking over her country, forcing people to give up on their beliefs and any hope or joy Pakistanis had in life. Although some Pakistanis believed that the 9/11 attacks were revenge on what Americans had been doing to other countries around the world. They completely ignored the fact that the people in build were one hundred percent innocent and had nothing to do with the policies that the U.S had (Yousafzai 183). Yet, through all of this, she never gave up, she believed that her country could change. She believed that “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world (Yousafzai
Through the eyes of many, Malala Yousafzai is a survivor; she is someone people look up to and dream to be. She has gone through many trials that tested her bravery, and tested her will to live, and even after all that, she never gave up. Throughout the nineteen years that Malala Yousafzai has been alive, she has endured many struggles that can be tracked throughout her childhood, autobiography, I am Malala, and the education that women receive in the Middle East.
Her story begins when she, “Malala Yousafzai was born in July 12, 1997, to a Sunni family in the Swat Valley in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan” (Schnee par. 1). Her first name, Malala, was named after Malalai of Maiwand, who was a female poet and warrior. While her last name, Yousafzai, is the name of the tribal confederation that exist in Swat Valley. She lived in a small, cramped house along with her two brothers and their parents (Schnee par.1). As she grew up she began to love education just like her father had, so on her 18th birthday she opened a …show more content…
In the book, she states that “first the taliban took our music, then our buddhas, then our history (Yousafzai 123).” At the time she was growing up and going to school the Taliban were taking over her country, forcing people to give up on their beliefs and any hope or joy Pakistanis had in life. Although some Pakistanis believed that the 9/11 attacks were revenge on what Americans had been doing to other countries around the world. They completely ignored the fact that the people in build were one hundred percent innocent and had nothing to do with the policies that the U.S had (Yousafzai 183). Yet, through all of this, she never gave up, she believed that her country could change. She believed that “One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world (Yousafzai