In the novel I Am Malala:The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, the gripping story of a young girl growing up under Taliban rule is shown. In her autobiography, Malala documents how her life changes as her homeland the Swat Valley is taken over and how she refuses to let the Taliban take her right to education away. As Malala recites the events leading up to the fateful day the Taliban attempted to kill her, she also describes the…
Teen Activism is something where teens around the world help people/causes. People like Alex Libby, Malala Yousafzai and Faye Carey are the people that stood out the most for me and are who I think are good activists. Malala is a girl who likes to help people and want girls to have a good education. According to the interview with Jon Stewart, Malala is 19 years old and is from Mingora, Pakistan. She has lived the past 2 or 3 years without education because the Taliban shut all the schools down…
Malala Yousafzai is a activist for women's education. Even a near death experience didn’t stop her from standing up and speaking out for what she believes in. Malala inspires girls all over the world to never give up no matter the consequences. She inspires me everyday to be brave and voice my opinions. Malala was born on July 12th 1997, in Mingora Pakistan. She lived with her parents, two younger brothers, Khushal and Atal and two pet chickens. Malala grew up a normal girl who enjoyed playing,…
He Named Me Malala" is a poignant documentary about the young woman's rights activist Malala Yousafzai from Swat Valley. Pakistan. The documentary tells the story of Malala's life, both before she was attacked by the terrorist group Taliban by being shot in the head, and after, for a cause as simple as lighting for girls right to education. It addresses themes such as terror, feminism and human rights in a manner that is simple enough for most people to understand. The movie alternates between…
At this point in my reading about “I am Malala”, I am intrigued on how many obstacles Malala and her family and others of this country had to endure each and every day in order to live. They had to deal with floods, earthquakes, destruction to their homes and schools and the worst part of living there was dealing with the bombings and the Taliban. Malala’s father believed in education so much so that he started a school to educate girls and boys. He was starting to become a known figure in…
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” - Martin Luther King Jr. From the beginning of time, people have stood tall for what they believe in, and proved that one voice can have a big change all over the world. Malala Yousafzai is just one example of this. She fights for what she believes in, she doesn’t back down when faced with a challenge and she always believes that there is more that we can do to help. For all these reasons and many more, I believe that…
The book that I read was I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick. It is the story of a young girl who was born in Mingora, Pakistan. She lived with her parents in the northwest Pakistan when the local Taliban had banned girls to go to school. She was 10 years old when this happened. Malala was in the top students at her school almost every year and she wasn't going to give up on her right to go to school. She decided to continue to go to school even if she needed to take risk…
Malala was only an 11 year old teen whilst she started advocating women education and when she was 15 years old the Taliban’s shot her because she became the voice of every silent girls in Pakistan. But the gun couldn’t kill her and nothing could ever scare her as she’s stronger than the fear. She’s a girl of clarity, moralized with her grimness. Either its being a rival teen and beating her bosom buddies in assessments or initiating girls schooling through campaign in Swat or writing…
1. In the opening scenes of the documentary, Malala tells the story of a young girl who led her people to a great victory on the battlefield. She states that “It is better to live like a lion for one day than to live like a slave for a hundred years.” Explain the significance of this in context of the documentary. Can you identify at least one example where an individual or group has risked their live/lives for a particular cause? The film begins with an animation of a mythical famous Pashtun…
“I Am Malala” by Malala is about a girl who stood up for education and changed the world. She began her autobiography by telling us about her childhood and slowly going to when the Taliban took over her country. Malala’s intended audience for this autobiography is women because we, women shouldn’t be scared to stand up for what we believe in just because of our gender. Malala takes us into her life before the horrendous tragedy happened with the Taliban, she structured her book in chronological…