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    More than 50 million girls around the world face the dilemma of not being allowed a basic education. Malala Yousafzai is one of these girls. She began speaking out publicly against the Taliban who was attacking girl’s schools in Swat, Pakistan. She began to gain more publicity with her speeches and blogs. At the age of 14 Malala was targeted by the Taliban who shot her in the head on the way home from school. Malala survived the attack and has become even more vocal for women’s and children’s…

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    Malala Research Paper

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    Malala Yousafzai is a person who I truly look up to in many ways. Malala was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. (Biography.com) “I was named after Malalai of Maiwand, the greatest heroine of Afghanistan.” (Yousafzai,14) Her father, who was also a speaker, opened Malala’s mind to publicly speaking. When Malala was two, her brother Khushal was born. Five years after Khushal was born, Malala’s parent had another child named Atal. (Yousafzai, 20) Malala had a normal life in her early years,…

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    Malala Yousafzai is the world's youngest person to have received a Nobel peace prize for her accomplishment. Yousafzai received the award due to her fight against the suppression of children's rights for their education. Prior to this achievement, she had been threatened and shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, but she survived to keep her desire of an education and for girls to also get the right to an education. Nothing could stop Malala from advocating and fighting for girls’ education.…

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    Malala Yousafzai was a hero for girls all around the world. One fact about her is that she wanted to be a doctor but changed her mind to be a politician after Taliban’s attacks. She defied the Taliban and stopped them from closing the girl schools in Pakistan. She was on many TV shows and has a book about herself called My Name Is Malala. She was invited to meet manny world leaders and earned many awards. Malala had a good childhood before the Taliban started taking over. Malala was born on…

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    Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. In a country where “rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain,” it is uncommon for a father, or in this case, Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, to praise a girl (Yousafzai, with Lamb ch. 1). From the moment Ziauddin Yousafzai laid eyes on Malala, he knew she was special. He even named her after a Pashtun heroine, Malalai of Maiwand. Malalai was a woman who “inspired the Afghan…

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    Malala Yousafzai has been interested in education ever since she was little, and now she is still standing up for all those girls that can’t go to school. She has been claimed as the youngest teen activist. Malala’s life is very filled with action, including her almost being killed. The Taliban had taken away a lot from her like, music, TV, and most importantly the right to go to school. She even started a fund in 2013, to help girls have the right to go to school. Malala’s Life…

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    Malala Yousafzai

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    Malala Yousafzai, female activist, human rights spokeswoman, and a normal girl who enjoys quality time with her siblings, is known for her human rights advocacy for the education of women and children in Northern Pakistan, where the local Taliban banned girls from attending school, to limited their rights little by little. Malala was only 10 years old when the Taliban dominated her region and influenced her people through the use of Islam in a very drab, murky way. She was taught to stand up for…

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    Film Analysis: I Am Malala

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    Synopsis I am Malala, is a documentary of a young girl, the lifestyle she lived and of the Taliban coming in and drastically changing the way of life for people in Pakistan. Women of Pakistan have never had as many rights as men. It was looked down on, but was not illegal, for girls to go to school. Malala lived in northwest Pakistan, a place, called Swat Valley. Her father was a teacher and had started the school that Malala attended. She loved going to school and she had a passion for…

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    1. The author of “I Am Malala” is Malala Yousafzai and the cowriter is Christina Lamb. Malala Yousafzai wrote this biography about her defiance against the Taliban in Pakistan and her advocacy work for the education of women. As a child, Malala was influenced by her father to advocate and support education which led to the Taliban finding her and shooting her while she was on her way to school. Remarkably, Malala has survived and has since continued to share the importance of education around…

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    Najmah Speech

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    (MIP-2) Najmah's voice is of a girl who has had her life ruined by the Taliban, a real, radical Islamic terrorist group, and we can hear her voice through her struggles and encounters with this terrorist group. (SIP-A) Her voice can be heard through her exposure to the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islam terrorist group. (STEWE-1) Najmah’s first encounter with the Taliban is when they take her father and brother away. The talibs were accusing Baba-jan of helping their enemies. They took all the…

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