voices only when we are silenced” - Malala Yousafzai. Malala’s voice was heard and she stood up for education. She struggled but succeeded in making a change. In order to take her successful stand many important events happened through Malala’s many. Many of which now result in her being a female activist and a world wide figure for education. A few of these main events in her life was her birth, her going to school and her begin shot by the Taliban. This essay examines these events in depth and
I Am Malala Social Justice Essay “Teenage girl Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking up about girls education.” This was what most headlines in October 2012 consisted of. Millions of girls are denied an education globally. Their lives are changed at such a young age as most are forced into arranged marriages. Malala wasn’t silenced by a bullet, she spoke out. Girls education is being denied around the world and is being addressed because women’s rights matter. Over 62
I Am Malala is about the true story of a fourteen year old girl’s campaign for women’s right to education. The campaign began when this fundamental right was stolen by the Taliban. The memoir is set in a town called Mingora in a district called Swat Valley, near Afghanistan. Malala’s father was a good speaker and was consistently a part of environmental, social, and political causes in Swat Valley. Malala’s father encouraged her to learn and to be an independent woman, even though most women were
many females in Pakistan as demonstrated in the autobiography, I Am Malala. Malala Yousafzai, within her self-titled book, explains her life, the hardships she has faced, and the experiences she has gone through as a female in a Muslim country where the Taliban and countless others use religion to undermine women. Throughout this literary work, the feminist theory and its effect on the autobiography is seen within the oppression that Malala and many others girls go through, and this in turn, affects
going to school” said Mullah Ghulamullah in the autobiography, I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (94). People all around Malala believed that girls’ should not be educated, and that they should stay home and learn how to cook for their families. Malala refused to give up fighting against the banning of education for females. Malala’s story displays that everyone has the ability to speak up for what they believe in. The title, I am Malala, depicts how females have the power to change the world. Every
book I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb is about a teenaged girl named Malala Yousafzai who got shot in the head by the Taliban for standing up for female education. The book begins in Mingora, Pakistan - where Malala lives - in October 6, 2012. She is riding a bus until it stops and a man walks on demanding for Malala to reveal herself. Albeit she didn’t reveal herself, he shot her in the head assuming she was Malala since she wasn’t wearing a burqa (a female veil). Malala is Pashtun
The autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai begins with the scene of young pakistani education and women’s rights activist Malala being shot in the head. Her school bus had been stopped by the Taliban who, after asking which of the girls was Malala, put a bullet into her head. Malala ends the powerful prologue with the words “Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story” (9). Malala then rewinds to the story of her birth and how in Pakistan, no one congratulated her parents when she was
I am Malala is the story of a young womans fight to bring education to girls, in a country that believes women should have no rights, no matter the consequence and it forces readers to think about how important education for girls in third world countries is, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is written by Malala Yousafzai and was published in 2013 by Back Bay Books.The story revolves around teenager, Malala Yousafzai, and her life in the Swat Valley of
for their right to attend school. Malala, a Pakistani girl, fought for not only her education but the education of all Pakistani girls. Malala once knew her country as a peaceful place, before it was terrorized by the Taliban’s. They took away all the rights of women, such as restricting young girls from attending school. As a way of campaigning, the Taliban’s bombed a variety of girl schools and killed everyone who disobeyed them. With parents who taught Malala to stand up for what she believes
To most people, a significant other, a tragic event, or a loyal pet can change their life and affect them deeply. However, for me it has always been books. I have read many books throughout my life, some more or less significant than others. Various pieces of literature have made me laugh, cry, or have intrigued my adolescent mind. An author has a way to connect with someone in a way that no digital image can imitate. Books convey one’s life to another, to a point that it is perceived relatable