War in North-West Pakistan

As the Taliban gained control, banning girls from attending school and other rights. Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog about life in the Swat Valley.Malala is a young girl who decided to fight for women's right to education when this fundamental right was taken. When her identity was discovered, Malala began to appear in both Pakistani and international media, advocating the freedom to pursue education for all. While Malala was in a school bus it suddenly stopped and someone shot her in the…

Malala Yousafzai is an 18 year old activist and the youngest person ever to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Malala was born July 12 1997 in Mingora. The largest commercial city in the swat district in Pakistan. She is known for being the victim of a taliban attack that happened on the 9th of October 2012. It happened on her schoolbus going back home as a man entered the bus and asked for Malala. He then fired three shots. One went through her left eye socket and out under her left shoulder. The two…

became an idol for the future of change. According to an article in The New York Times, on the afternoon of October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai was boarding a school bus to attend school, which is illegal because females cannot receive an education in Pakistan. Shortly after, the Taliban ambushed the bus and identified Malala, placed a gun to her head and pulled the trigger three times (Walsh A1). Malala was adamant and did not fear the consequences of her actions for she believed that the…

He Named Me Malala is about a young girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for being a female who wanted to get an education. After recovery Malala fights for women’s right to an education. The basic theme for this film was courage. She was fearless when presenting her cause. She allowed people to empathize with her experiences and to feel for the children still living those experiences. Another theme presented in this film was dedication towards social activism. She had an experience that…

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…

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,…

that make her readers appeal to what she is showing them, the truth. She incorporates emotionally-charged words that create a sympathetic image to the audience. Yousafzai wants her audience to feel sympathetic about how miserable everything was in Pakistan. Malala initially describes the moment her mother saw her for the first time after she had been shot, “My mother was in a state of shock and could not understand..’My brave daughter my beautiful daughter’, she cried” (Yousafzai, pg. 153). By…

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 July 12,1997. She had two brothers and her parents Ziauddin and Tul Makai Yousafzai. She lived in the city Swat in Pakistan. Her dad, owned a girl school which Malala went to. Her…

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…

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 On July 12, 1997, Malala was born. Although a baby girl wouldn’t be celebrated in Pakistan, her father still gave her all of the opportunities that a boy would have. Ziauddin promised her that she would be able to go to school and be treated equally in his home. Malala absolutely loved learning and would make sure women were…