Taliban treatment of women

Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in this year. Exactly three years ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot in his hometown by the Taliban, because she is struggling to achieve the goal of peace, education and equality. After she did exactly well what was needed to become healthy again, Malala published autobiography called I AM MALALA, she went on to win several awards from European Parliament Sakharov. Through the use of literary elements, Malala argues achieving the goal of peace,…

but in Afghan society it is very common. The burqa somewhat represents the aspect of the oppression of women in Afghanistan. Its purpose is to oppress women and show male dominance. As men in Afghan society their wives wear them as a sign of ownership as Rasheed is quoted as saying. “A Woman’s face is her husbands business only”. The idea of the burqa is to preserve the beauty and purity of women solely for her husband, because in Islamic culture it is believed that a man owns a woman once they…

After the Taliban came into power, women had very limited power over their lives. Every aspect of their lives were regulated by the government; education was denied, marriage was forced upon them, a dress code was put in place and even their speech was monitored. Every aspect of women 's lives were regulated by men at a point in time. They could be seen as products of their society because of how controlled their lives were as men had significant power over women. In the novel, Thousand Splendid…

Feminism Study.com defines feminism as “the belief that men and women deserve equality in all opportunities, treatment, respect, and social rights.” However, ways of seeing issues differs amongst feminists. It is important to understand the difference between what was done and what the two did to help women earn equal rights, especially how they got the vote. Also the comparison between Canadian women and African American women in the US. The government of Canada states that “Canada is a world…

The Taliban who were strict Muslims began to take over the area in which she lived. They believed that people needed to abide by the Islamic Sharia law. Women were not to go to school and needed to stay in the house. If a woman did leave her home, she was made to wear a burqa and a male relative had to be with her at all times. Girls’ schools began to close as the Taliban became a stronger force in Malala’s town. They wrote new laws and women would not be permitted to vote…

Asma Barlas. As the title suggests, one of those is whether the Qur’an supports gender equality or whether it is a holy text that teaches men they must oppress women to be compliant with scripture. Barlas (2006) further asks whether the Qur’an has suffered from some egregious misinterpretation by translators and later groups like the Taliban so each can justify female oppression. The author further addresses the issue of a male God and notes that He has no gender in the Qur’an. Therefore,…

of Malala Yousafzai. Millions waited, listening for any news on the Pakistani school girl’s condition. Initial reports informed the public that a lone gunmen had tried to kill Malala on her way back from exams at her school. The teen activist for women 's and children’s education now laid in a hospital bed in critical condition dying for what she believed in. Fifteen years earlier on July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born into a muslim family in northwest Pakistan. Her father was a poet and…

worry, is the hope that the baby is a boy. If it is, then she has done a good job in creating a useful member of society, but if it is a girl, the baby faces limited freedom and the mother will regret having her. The girl would only endure the same treatment that her mother has. The lucky boy will be educated, proud, and free, the unfortunate girl will be uneducated,…

reader a glimpse of how the lifestyles of Afghani women play into marriage while also allowing the reader to gain a grasp on the religion of the serene city of Kabul, Islam. The tale of the two boys, Amir and Hassan, take place in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. In the beginning of the novel, Hosseini talks about the serenity and…

her from the coma and began surgeries. 72 hours worth to be exact. ("72 Hours That Saved Malala: Doctors Reveal for the First Time How Close She Came to Death") The bullet caused swelling in the brain so a portion of her skull was removed for treatment. This is because the bullet shattered the most fragile bone in her skull which drove fragments into her brain. She also underwent a surgery to repair a facial nerve which was damaged on the left side of her face. Doctors did not know…