Train to Pakistan

Oppressed, Inferior, and Unequal We all know that women’s rights are a big struggle in Afghanistan. It was worse when Afghanistan was under the Taliban rule. These women were treated unfairly, beaten for the slightest wrong move, raped, and thrown out like trash. Some women are putting up a fight and really trying to get their freedom. Unfortunately, the Afghanistan society and the way things were being ran before the Taliban fell are keeping these women from achieving the goal they want, and…

The people of East Pakistan struggled for political and cultural autonomy and subsequently demanded independence. It was not only their story to tell but also that of the surrounding states and international powers which had vested interests in the politics of the region. Through the course of this paper, I develop the importance of various incidents in the lead up to the liberation of the eastern wing from its oppressive western counterpart and discuss why the partition of Pakistan happened as…

Recovery and rehabilitation are extremely difficult tasks. It is more of a challenge when the patient is isolated. Mariatu Kamara and Ishmael Beah were victims of this tragedy, although both now live in North America and have written books about their experiences. Mariatu was attacked when she returned to her village for supplies. As a punishment for trying to run away, her hands were brutally removed by the rebel forces. She had to make her way back to a city all by herself to receive medical…

Teen Activist Teen activist are legendary people that make things right in the world. By their actions they inspire people not to follow their past of horrible things or people that did this to them. Did they just feel bad for themselves and set on their chair and do nothing about it? No! They fought back to stop what they had gone through or helping people from the past. Some are helping the environment for the earth and our ecosystem. Other teen activist lost their lives defending…

create radical change. This is shown both in the book and in today’s current events. For example, Scout was able to stop an entire mob attempting to assault a black man by reminding them of who they really were. Malala Yousafzai promoted education in Pakistan and opened the eyes of the world to the Taliban’s restriction of education for women. While the scale is much different, the effect is the same. The effect of a courageous individual can be massive. Additionally, both the characters in To…

Everyday people in Afghanistan and Pakistan deal with the Taliban multiple different ways. In the book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples. The book shows many ways on how the Taliban act. “ repay us for having helped our enemy you must come fight with the Taliban” (Staples…

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is a novel about Mortenson's humanitarian acts to build schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan so they can get an education while fighting the Taliban. Women all around the world need to feel empowered and having the right to an education is one way to start. Today, many women feel degraded for who they are because they are put out to seem like they incapable of doing anything superior to a man. However, in reality, women can do…

took a bullet to the head, she stood up to terrorists, and she is the voice for many young women she is such an amazing young woman. This is what we will talk about in the paper. Taliban At a very young age Malala's hometown, Mingora in Northwest Pakistan, Was taken over by the Taliban terrorists. The taliban follow an extreme version of religion, these people are called extremists, That believe women should not go to school. At age 11 she made a blog about her rights to go to school. Her fake…

education is and she makes sure to do everything in her will to get education to everybody, especially to girls. She is very inspiring to many young people. She show that you are never too young to fight for things that you believe. She was born in Pakistan and she has been an advocate for girls’ education ever since she was a child. She attended a school that her school had found. On her way home from school in 2012, she was shot in head by a Taliban for fighting for girls education. In 2008,…

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…