Hakim, Laila's Father

In Coming to an Awareness of Language and Long in Dark and Afghan Women Say to Read is Finally to See; Malcolm X and Afghan Women shows us how education can change a way of life, how it can change anyone's

Education is one of the most important contributors to having a successful future. In developed countries such as North America boys and girls are fortunate enough to have access to an unbiased education system. Therefore, allowing children to have countless opportunities. However, in countries like Afghanistan girls are marginalized and neglected the right to learn. Afghanistan is a country of war, where women and girls are often the worst victims. In 2011, Afghanistan was known as the most dangerous place in the world for a girl to be born (Kissane). Malala Yousufzai, a female education activist was also a victim of war. Yousufazi was shot in the head and neck for advocating for girls and their rights to have access to education. Similarly, to Yousufzai many women in Afghanistan stand up for their entitlement to having equality. Those courageous women often become victims of abuse and are often killed. Investing in girls’ education is critical, not only is it life-altering for a girl’s future, but it’s also poses benefits to society. By allowing Afghan girls access to educating we are also promoting better socioeconomic s, a reduction in child marriages, and an improvement in mortality rates.

All throughout this book, Afghanistan had many switches of power and constant war involving many countries, including the US and Russia. At the end of the book, as things are calming down, Laila says to Tariq, “Maybe there will be hope at the other end of this war, maybe for the first time in a long time.” (Hosseni 386). This quote shows the hope that the people of Afghanistan still had to possess to persevere through the years of war. The war affected thousands of lives in the country, as the war swept through the different cities. This war of especially affected Laila because it resulted in the death of her parents. Afghanistan as a whole had to show tremendous strength throughout the book as they endured through the war. Perseverance is most prominently shown through all citizens during the country’s war.

Growing up and living in Afghanistan as a woman has its challenges. Parents choose who can marry you and they choose everything for you. In this book, Laila and Mariam both show the struggles it is to be a girl, and how much disrespect they get in Afghanistan. Both Mariam and Laila are married to the same man, and he is abusive to both of them. They also live under Taliban rule, and the rules that they set are very unfair for women. In Khaled Hosseni’s novel, he has many different themes but the most prevalent one is of woman inequality, and that is shown through multiple accounts of abuse, disrespect, and unfairness.

Education is what provides us the opportunity to learn new things and it helps to build our knowledge by expanding horizon. After Dawood Khan, the president of Afghanistan was assassinated by PDPA during 1970s and Afghanistan had become democratic and republic, education for girls was required. There were certain social reforms such as banning burqas and raising the minimum age for marriage. However, the invasions of Soviet, Mujahideen and Taliban forces revoked several women’s rights. Under the Taliban rule, women were imprisoned in their homes. Girls were forbidden from attending a school and were beaten if found alone in the street. Punishments were hard if their discriminatory laws were violated. (“Women in Afghanistan: The Back Story”). Even though women have gained some political rights now after the Taliban rule in 2001, but there are still many afghan

Females are discriminated against, mistreated, and are valued less since women and girls are not allowed to attend school and higher education. There are approximately 35 million girls not enrolled in elementary school. This explains why two-thirds of illiterate people over the age of 15 are females. Malala Yousefszai is an advocate for girls’ education all over the world. We learned that she was shot by the Taliban for standing up for education when we had to watch the video where she was on The Daily Show. Malala said that men don't want women to get an education, because then women would become more powerful. Having an education brings power. Her father was a great encouragement for her because he spoke out

In “Nobel Lecture”, the message is communicated by her experience and others’ experience. Malala and her “Sisters” have shared the same experience; “ ...Who has always been a bold and confident girl had dreamed of being a doctor. But her dream remained a dream. At the age of 12, she was forced to get married. And then soon, she had a son, she had a child when she herself was still a child--only 14. I know that she could have been a very good doctor,”(43). In other words, girls had to be married at an early age,ruining their potential future

As a young girl, the protagonist of the novel, Mariam, longed to receive an education. She wanted to go to school, but her mother forbid her. “There is only one skill a woman like you and me needs in life, and they don’t teach it in school…they’ll laugh at you in school…they’ll say the most terrible things about you. I won’t have it” (Hosseini 17-18). In Afghanistan, men believe they are the only gender fit to receive an education because “women just aren’t as smart as men” (Stewart, Women Under the Taliban, 46). This idea was heartbreaking to women and even men who did not agree with the

of her challenges, struggles, overcoming them, and lessons like that when they"stand up for what you believe in, it will have a positive impact on others", when fighting for female education while the Taliban took over her home country of Afghanistan. For example, when fighting for her opinion, she was constantly in danger and had many thoughts about how she "did not say anything

Laila was born in a good, educated and loving family. Babi always tells her that education is one of the most important things in her life. “‎Marriage can wait, education cannot ... You can be anything you want Laila … And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.”p.114. However, Laila’s mother Fariba, does not support her as she does with her brothers. She gets struck by grief, depressed when she finds out that her sons are killed in the war. The other woman, Mariam, was born as a harami. She lives with her mother Nana, in a small kolba near Herat. Her father Jalil visits her once a week and Mariam is always impatient to see him again. She has to suffer a lot, mainly because of her mother who often scolds her and does not want to allow her any education. ”What’s the sense schooling a girl like you? It’s like shining a spittoon. There is only one skill a woman like you and me needs in life, and they don’t teach it in school. p.18

In the expository styled documentary entitled Don’t Panic: The Truth about Population by Hans Rolling, he presents and supports the argument that despite the world’s growing population and the many challenges associated with this, there is still the possibility of creating a bright future for the generations to come. The universal truth presented throughout the documentary is that education helps people to evolve. Education is necessary for the development of future generations. This is observed through the quote “In my mother’s day, they use to get married young they had no chance to study. But now we can have big dreams of becoming a doctor or an engineer”

Though men are seen to be worthy of an effective education, the Taliban believes that women should not be educated. Soraya goes against this belief when she chooses to become a teacher in America (Hosseini). In contrast, Miriam is laughed at and reprimanded when she expresses a desire to be educated like her half-brothers (Hosseini). Her mother tells her that education gives women a false sense of equality, and her husband later uses her lack of education to torment her and insult her intelligence. The Taliban does not believe that women should be educated; they are utterly against it. Many attacks have occurred due to protests that women should be educated just as men should be educated. “The Taliban jailed and then deported a female foreign aid worker who had promoted home-based work for women and home

Without education for girls, they are at a disadvantage. For example, “Education had been a great gift for him [Ziauddin]. He believed that lack of education was the root of all problems. Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be reelected.” (Yousafzai 41) Malala’s father, Ziauddin believes that without education, people are easily fooled. People are at a disadvantage in society. He wishes that just like he has education, everyone else should to help resolve Pakistan’s governmental problems. “As we crossed the the Malakand Pass, I saw a young girl selling

“They will not stop me. I will get my education if it is in a home, school, or any other place” these are the words of Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel peace prize winner, a human rights activist, and a Pakistani girl, who has traditions, stories, and a unique experience. She was named after Malalai of Maiwand, the greatest heroine of Afghanistan, and she lives up to her name as a heroine for girls education. Despite the cultural traditions of Malala Yousafzai’s community, she has grown as a world leader in spreading world peace throughout the globe, through her challenges, her accomplishments, and her growth in publicity, with her common goal being an education for all girls.

Education might not be the cure of the world’s problem but it’s important to be knowledgeable. It’s important to have an education because without it, it makes a person vulnerable to be guided in the wrong direction. Not everyone believes education is important in life and especially for a woman. Malala Yousafzai tells us her story and her fight for education in her book I am Malala. She tells us about her families struggle for the right of education and not just education in general but education for woman. She was raised in Pakistan and its one the counties in which some people believe a woman should not go to school or have freedom. Education was not as easy for her as other girls around the world. Sometimes people don’t take education as a privileged but as a right, but unfortunately it’s not this case everywhere and it wasn’t the case for Malala. She was also able to see by firsthand how illiteracy can be a danger to a person and how others can take advantage of it.