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    Missionaries of Charity. She believed in living a simple life and helping others to do the same by teaching them to meet their own basic needs. In 1971 she was awarded the first Pope John XXIII peace prize, and then in 1979 she was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on behalf of the world’s poorest…

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    All started with a young woman in her mid -20s, she graduated in electronic engineering in 1974. In the same year, she decided to study at the university of Grenoble, but unfortunately her mother was killed during an assassination attempt on her father, who was the current president of South Korea, age twenty-two she was regarded as First Lady. Five years after her mother’s murder, her father was also assassinated. Suffering such tremendous tragedy did not make her weak, instead she became…

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    Third world countries are constantly facing global controversies as time progresses through the 21st century. In one part of the Middle East, a girl named Malala sparked a movement for female education across the globe through her book, I am Malala. As Malala shares her experiences in her hometown Swat Valley, her determination for education in a restricted male dominant society developed a goal in advocating for giving education to everyone. Along with this, the event of Malala being shot…

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    Presidential Centre which is used to support human rights. He has worked to develop health care systems in Africa and Latin America and he has not stopped working to get the world to help him make a difference to stop suffering. In 2002 he received the Nobel Peace Prize for all of his efforts to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. He has also authored many books all about supporting human…

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    Elephants and human beings can be family or at least that is what “To a dead elephant” by David Livingstone suggests. It explores the familial relationship between a young boy and an elephant, as they grow up together. After many years together, the elephant dies and as a result the boy, now a grown man writes a poem attributed to his friend. Consequently, the poem or eulogy conveys a very important ecological message that animals and humans can co – exist peacefully. Before his death in 1996,…

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    Malala is a teen activist for girls and women's right for education. The equal rights for her in her country. She believed that everyone needed education. She survived a gun wound to the head. The taliban had taken away the privileges from every girl and women for an example: they banned dancing, watching television, and listening to music. Eventually they wouldn’t just shut down the school, they would either burn it down or destroy it completely. All the women were not allowed to have jobs…

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    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…

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    issue is still fairly controversial in 2016, it was courageous of Al Gore to begin advocating for the cause while it was doubted by so many. The former Vice-President has been an environmental activist for a large portion of his life, even earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. The Climate Reality Project is “devoted to solving the climate crisis.” The project does this through campaigns such as 24 Hours of Reality, which unites 24 countries for one day out of every year to work together to…

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    Thesis Of I Am Malala

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    I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is a nonfiction narrative written by Malala Yousafzai and co-written by Christina Lamb. I am Malala was originally published on October 8, 2013. This outstanding book had the privilege to undergo worldwide recognition and receive the Goodreads Choice Awards, for best memoir & autobiography. I am Malala, is an inspiring narrative and a great read. I am Malala shares the life of a young Pakistan teenager who endured a…

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    The History of Wheat and Celiac Disease Wheat of the centuries has been a source of food and nutrition all over the world for many different cultures. Originating in southwest Asia, the crop was bought and sold by traders from Europe and Africa and eventually making it over to the Americas by the early 1600s. The first archeological findings of wheat being made into bread can be found in ancient Egypt along the Nile River sometime around 5,000 B.C. as well as India, China, and even stretching…

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