War in North-West Pakistan

Malala Yousafzai was a young bright eyed teenage girl who fought endlessly against the injustice in girls’ education. When a person is well educated, they hold a strong tool, take away this away this tool all that’s visible is this mere image. Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for going to school and desiring a better future for herself, she not only suffered with vast injuries, but she overcame them coming out even more powerful fighting women’s rights in education. Moreover,…

Careless Judgement Many people judge without taking the time to acknowledge the meaning behind it. In the autobiography I Am Malala, by Malala Yousafzai along with Patricia McCormick, the main character is Malala herself. And she faces rough conflicts throughout her teen years. When Malala was out of grade school, she found that she can no longer continue her education since she is a female. So Malala decided to do something about it and worked hard with her father to bring back girl’s…

Malala Yousafzai is a education, human rights, and peace advocate from Swat Valley, Pakistan. Malala became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at 17 for her activism for education for all children. At age 11, Malala began writing a daily diary published by BBC for people to read about life for a school girl living under the Taliban regime. After writing the diary, Malala felt her purpose in life was to spread awareness of the importance of education for all children and global peace…

Many people, events, values shaped Malala into becoming the person she is today. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, was an activist himself. Like Malala, he believes girls' have the right to the same education possibilities as boys. Her own name was a symbol to her. In the Pashtun culture, Malalai of Maiwand was a heroine who was killed for raising her voice against the British tyranny during the 19th century. Ziauddin chose this name for his daughter, believing she would also instill change during…

not heard, and do not even have a voice in certain cultures. Malala is also the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize, because of the struggles she has gone through and her participation in social justice. Malala Yousafzai, born in Mingora, Pakistan, had been raised to believe she was entitled to the right of education. Her father started several schools and taught her that everyone deserved the right to learn(BiographyOnline…

The story of Malala Yousafzai is the story of a young girl struggling for rights in the face of adversity, or in Malala’s case, the Taliban and bullets. In 2007, the Swat Valley of Pakistan was invaded by the Taliban, a radical Islamist group, whose mission was to fulfill their interpretation of Sharia law where music was banned, the faces of women were covered, and education for girls was forbidden. Malala’s emergence as an advocate for education and women’s rights threatened the Taliban’s…

result of a bitter civil war that divided the country of Pakistan into two nations. The violence of this war is rated as one of the top 5 genocides in the twentieth century by The Guinness Book of Records. Mass murder committed by the Pakistani Army against millions of Bengalis led to East Pakistan seceding from the West and the beginning of Bangladesh in December 1971. When the countries of Pakistan and India were first formed, there was an East and West Pakistan drawn on either side of…

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Islam has played an important role in the creation and continued survival of Pakistan as a sovereign state. As Pakistan started off, the use of the two-nation theory and a united Muslim front was a useful identity to an otherwise splintered nation, too similar to it’s much larger Hindu counterpart. As Pakistan grew from a theory into an actualized nation, it was proved that this wasn’t a solid foundation for a country as Bangladesh won independence, disregarding Muslim unity in exchange for…

independent state, but the state’s geographic location made this impossible. Kashmir was positioned on the border of India and Pakistan. While Singh was holing out, Kashmir was invaded in August of 1947 by armed raiders from the North West Frontier province and by troops from the Pakistani Army. Singh was forced to seek military protection from India, and the Indian-Pakistani War of 1947 was underway. The Pakistani forces entered Kashmir quickly by defeating Singh’s weak ground troops. Peter…