North-West Rebellion

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.” -Malala Yousafzai.” Imagine: lush fields filled with wildflowers and tall green grass, sprinkled with dew droplets. A several feet away is the coast, the shore of a crystal clear lake. Mountains on both sides of the plain, shadowing them, in all their glory. In such a beautiful place, a gorgeous, stunning environment, the ugliest part is some of the people. The Taliban, hungry for power is stalking new prey, new people with…

Malala Yousafzai, currently in Birmingham England, had recently a bullet shot to the head, and has just spoken to the United Nations. Ever since the Taliban, the strict Islamic militia, shot Malala in the head, she’s been a huge sensation and has truly shook the world, giving speeches to support educational rights. She has even said, “Education is the power terrorists fear most.” Ms.Yousafzai had been protesting through her speeches about females and males education and is also known in several…

What is girls’ education to you? Does it concern you? Well, there is one girl that has changed my life. She is Malala Yousafzai is a teen activist who overcame obstacles and is recognized for her many achievements. Malala’s early life affected who she would become, she overcame many obstacles, she accomplished many things in her life, and she has many more things interesting about her. Malala’s early life would affect who she would become. She was born July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. She…

Malala’s Yousafzai struggles and hardships throughout her teenage life show every college student they can fight for what they believe in and to never give up when times get hard. The bravery that she exhibited through it all showed me that no matter what you are going through and the obstacles that are thrown in your way you can always overcome them, and by overcoming those trials and tribulations you become a greater person because of it. As Malala said in the book “We don’t understand how…

Born in Mingora, Pakistan, which is located in the country’s Swat Valley Malala Yousafzai, whose name means "grief stricken,” witness her town being destroyed by an Islamic fundamentalist group. Yousafzai’s hometown was a popular destination in the summer for its festivities in her early childhood till the Taliban showed interest in the town. The Taliban is an Islamic militant fundamentalist group that enforced Sharia law. They also denied education to females and forced strict rules of behavior…

The article, “Malala the Powerful” by Kristen Lewis describes the torment that many Muslim people, especially women and girls were put through by the Taliban. Malala’s life took place while the Taliban was taking control over places that she lived in or near, Afghanistan and Pakistan. They began enforcing rules that were expected to be obeyed by everyone they were applied to, lots of the time directly enforced to women and girls. For example, in 2009, the Taliban ordered all girls’ schools to…

The Role of a Character Authors of historical nonfiction novels often choose characters inside their novels to symbolize people or groups of people from the time period he or she is writing about. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini plans the event of Hassan’s rape by Assef, along with Amir’s reaction, to create a resemblance between the characters in the novel to Afghanistan and American people. Amir’s silence is meant to symbolize the silence of America, where as Hassan’s willingness to…

Education is the most critical area of empowerment for women. Giving them their right to basic education is the only way of providing them power and creating a better tomorrow for all of us. ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb is the fearless memoir of Malala Yousafzai who stood up for the education of the girls and was shot by the Taliban on October 9, 2012. She says, “I come from a country which was created at midnight and when I almost died it was just after midday.” Her…

Stories have been told about Malala Yousafzai, and her quest to improve the world. This inspired me to read, I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. Malala is a 17 year old girl from Pakistan. She was shot in the head by the Taliban while riding the bus home from school. She survived, and then made it her mission to shine a light on the importance of education for girls around the world. She was the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The book is an inspiring tale of persistence and…

“I am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education”-(Yousafzai,2018). Malala Yousafzai was one of the few to raise her voice for girls and children's education while living in a country where women aren't even allowed to leave the house the without a man relative. She also touches the subject of freedom in her country from the taliban . Malala was only 14 like many other girls was shot and threatened to be killed to fight for the right to have an education . While later writing a book…