young girl survived and soon created a foundation to ensure that other women have the right to 12 years of quality education. Her name is Malala Yousafzai. In I Am Malala, her autobiography, she details her childhood and lifestyle in Swat Valley, Pakistan with her family. As a nineteen year old who was raised with English as her second language, Yousafzai communicates the story of her life through simple sentences and first person narration. I Am Malala, an autobiography, details Malala’s…
Malala Yousafzai has been just an ordinary 14 year old, raised in Mingora, Pakistan to, by the Taliban boarded the bus and shot Malala on the side of her head. She was later rushed to a military hospital located in Peshawar and then for further care she was transferred to Birmingham, England. She later started to study in Birmingham, and gave many speeches to the world talking about education and how many people didn’t have education because of this she was awarded Sakharov Prize for Freedom of…
obstacles to overcome On October 9, 2012, in Malala’s early life the Taliban tried to kill Malala because they didn’t like how she fought for girls rights and how she said it wasn’t fair (Foreign, 2015). As a young girl she defied the Taliban in Pakistan and wanted girls to be in school and get an education because the Taliban bombed the school, threw acid and Malala didn’t think it was fair (Leiby, 2014). After the shooting she gave a speech at the U.N to talk about how she thinks not…
The biggest and most common theme in I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is education. Females were denied an education all throughout Pakistani history. In the recent century, females were granted the right to go to school but they were still persecuted for going to school. Then the Taliban took over and slowly prevented girls from attending school. Many girls, like Malala, were enraged because they were not allowed to better themselves through schooling. Unlike the other girls, Malala made it her…
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistan activist for female education born in Mingora, Pakistan. She defied the Taliban and demanded that females be allowed to receive education. Due to this, she was shot in the head by the Taliban on her way home from school. However, that did not stop her, she has become an international symbol of peaceful protest. Her struggle for educational equality has inspired millions of people worldwide. She conveyed her message through rhetorical devices, her point of view, and…
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistan native named after Malalai of Maiwand, an Afghanistan hero. At age fifteen she decided to co-found the Malala Fund with her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, after being shot at point blank range by the Taliban for advocating girl's education. Malala is an activist for the right to twelve years of girl's education with the goal of giving every girl that option. Malala Yousafzai, a female advocate for women’s education, has been an admirable example of Christian service…
it was the normal and better thing to do! Malala had 2 brothers, Khushal Yousafzai and Atal Yousafzai. Her mom, Ziauddin Yousafzai and her dad Toor Pekai Yousafzai. Malala Biography says " As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to have an education. She was shot in the head of a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize." Malala…
a roaring conflict between the Taliban (a terrorist group) and the Pakistani Government corrupts Malala’s everyday life. The Taliban don’t want girls to go to school, and are blowing up schools around Pakistan. As Malala struggles to fight for education, the Taliban continue to take over Pakistan. In Stargirl, Stargirl is seen as different and weird through the eyes of the students at Mica High. They are not used to people who stand out. At first students don’t know what to think about…
beautiful and peaceful place named Mingora in Pakistan. She lived a happy life as a child, but once she reached her teens, certain things began to change. Along with the Taliban coming into her homeland changing her life dramatically. As time went by she soon learned the rules required for women where she lived and got discriminated for only being female, but through all this her parents supported Malala and stayed by her side the whole time. In Pakistan, women need to wear certain attire like…
Malala Yousafzai Strong, courageous, dignified and ambitious are just a few words that still seem unworthy beneath the character of this young woman but are the closet to describing her bravery and everything she believes in and stands for. Malala Yousafzai is a woman of such substance in her drive to attain peace, freedom and equity of rights to all has given her not only respect and admiration from many across the globe but also unwanted and dangerous attention from the Taliban. While driven…