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The world around us is constantly changing. New technology is being invented. Ideas are being influenced and evolved between countries. The process of developing and expanding has taken place. Leaders are rising and are determined to take a stand for their beliefs. From Malala Yousafzai's autobiography, I Am Malala, she takes the liberty of speaking out her passions and beliefs for the rights of all children to have an education. With the advancements of technology and modernization around the world, Malala uses the idea of Western Construction as a tool to spread and influence others, without altering herself as an individual throughout the learnings of lifestyles from others. The Malala Fund is a website she uses to raise money to fund projects in developing countries. She has "started projects in Jorden, Pakistan, Kenya, and Nigeria" as an activist "through the Malala Fund" (YR p. 202). Her team has invested in …show more content…
The women who reside there do not wear shawls and dress unlike those in her school in Swat Valley. Most of the girls "wear their skirts short" while "my skirt is down to my ankles" (YR p. 178). She also continues to wear her "favorite pink shalwar kamiz" when she was on her way to address the United Nations about having the courage to stand up for his or her rights (regarding education) (YR p. 191). She does not change herself to fit in and be like the other girls. She dresses as she normally would as if she was in Pakistan. In addition, the other Muslim girls who attended the same school as her dress according to the way their lifestyle is, the same as Malala. She has said, "I am Malala. My world has changed, but I have not" (YR p. 193). "I am still the same stubborn girl who will never give up" (YR p. 204). Their religion and culture stay the same in her family, even though they do not live in a place where the majority of the families believe in the same faith or lives the same way as

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