Malala Yousafzai Research Paper

Imagine being an eighteen year old girl living in the hostile environment of Pakistan. In her world women were berated, uneducated, and considered possessions. Malala Yousafzai was born to a family of educations. Her the father was known as an outspoken anti Taliban activist. It is no surprise that she would have a passion for learning and an equal interest of the current issues in her country. Malala understood the importance of education at a young age; after the Taliban shut down all the girls’ schools in Pakistan, she adamantly spoke against this action and rose among her peers as a beacon of hope. Malala Yousafzai has become one of the loudest and most influential voices in the debate of educational equality, and she continues to speak volumes with her life as well as her words. By the time she was eighteen, Malala Yousafzai survived a Taliban attack in Pakistan, received the Nobel Peace Prize, and spoke to thousands of influential people on the importance of educating girls around the globe. …show more content…
On her way home from school, a man boarded her bus, and intimidated everyone into telling him which one was Malala. After a deafening silence and exchanged looks among her friends, the man pulled out a gun and shot Malala on the left side of the head, and then injured two of her friends. How she survived confused even her doctors. Because the bullet entered at such an angle, it only grazed her skull, and broke the thinnest bone which sent small fragments toward her brain. The bullet then traveled down her neck and finally rested in her shoulder. She was flown to a military hospital in Pakistan and later transferred to Birmingham, England. The following 72 hours of surgery left Malala in an exhausted but stable