I Am Malal The Girl Who Was Shot By The Taliban

It began as an ordinary day in Mingora, Pakistan, for a young girl returning home from school on her school bus. Suddenly, a masked gunman rushed into the bus and shouted, “Who is Malala?” Her friends on the bus looked back at her, and in the blink of an eye she was shot on the left side of her face. This incident was the spark that ignited a call for change in education around the world. Malala Yousafzai was the face of this change. She made significant contributions to female education rights by being an education activist and urging children to speak out and fight for their rights. She forever changed the lives of Pakistani girls who today benefit from free education and resources with numerous schools around their country.

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 born because she was a girl. Pakistani culture pushes for the birth of a boy as an islamic majority country. However, her father saw the potential in his daughter as a great leaser and named her after one of the great female leaders in Pakistan-

Malala Yousafzai was a talented and brave young woman who had one goal in life: to get an education and encourage others to do the same. Born in Pakistan, Malala did not grow up with many resources, but she was lucky enough to have a father that shared the same goal as her. At the young age of fifteen, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for standing up for girls’ rights to an education. Although the recovery time was long and hard, the Taliban did not silence her as she continued her campaign. This eventually led her to opening her own school in Yemen and writing the novel I Am Malala. As someone who highly values education and bravery, her story made me interested in learning more about her culture, family, and experiences.

Across the world people think of Malala Yousafzai as one of the most revolutionary women in the world for her stance against heresy and gender discrimination. She has showed through example that she is willing to give her life in the defense of her beliefs regarding women’s rights to education. Malala is an equal rights activist; she continually fights for women to have the same rights as all other people. Malala has endured a long and dangerous path to make people aware of the discrimination and dangers that women are facing in Pakistan and all over the world. Her famous journey and non-violent methods has had a profound effect and has resulted in the world taking a more active part in her fight for equal rights and women 's education.

Malala starts by reminding readers how convenient life is in modern countries, and continues to describe the day she was shot, telling readers about everyone’s reactions and her memories of the day. She presents the question, “Who is Malala?” and proceeds to tell us her story, ending the prologue. Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat Valley to Toor Pekai and Ziauddin Yousafzai. Malala had noticed gender inequality as a young child. Her father, Ziauddin grew up with an unfortunate stutter. Luckily, his passion about many political topics let him overcome his stutter, especially after memorizing and studying many of his

Malala Yousafzai being a completely different person that any girl in her country demonstrates the gruesome ,and savage nature of the men and women in the country of Pakistan. She not only shows the unawareness driven by fright among the people there, but displays how horrid it truly was. Influences of a misinterpretation form of Islam yield the innocent under the hands of the miserable forces of the evil such as the Taliban. Subsequently, the country of Pakistan under Taliban rule has gone through continuous fear and discriminations that strip girls from their education. Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani woman who only wanted an education, was obligated to view her life at its worst and at the same time, view the desire and dreams of girls who brawl for their education that they have been denied. Yousafzai has glimpsed and lived through a world that no American child could have ever imagined and cherishes an education what no child would have imagined losing. Nonetheless, through her novel, I Am Malala, Yousafzai has put into effect an extraordinary and a determined message to the world of a sincere love for education and peace. Malala utilizes strong repetition, vivid imagery, and powerful ethos in her biography to make it stand out extremely.

Reading his narrative life, inspired me to think about how easy it is to go to school, and learn without any violence happen to me. I do not have to secretly read after I do my chores or ask for permission. He has inspired me to fully take in and appreciate the classrooms I get, the teachers who are there every day, and the help that is offered to me for free at the library and other institutions. Like Douglass, Malala faced struggles to attain her education. She grew up in Pakistan in a village called the Swat Valley. In her home education was important. Where she lived women/ girls were allowed to go to school, but not everyone believed that was a good thing. The Taliban had grown to large numbers, proclaiming their extreme beliefs onto people, one of them is that girls were not allowed to be educated. So schools had to be hidden in what looked like regular buildings, but as soon as the students walked in “that doorway was like a magical entrance to our own special world” (Yousafzai, 2013). School meant so much to these students that even if a large extremist group was threatening them, they still went

When we hear the word “leader,” faded newspaper clippings drift into our minds. We visualize Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial giving his timeless "I have a dream” speech. Thousands of people holding onto every word, and listening, eager for the next one. Abraham Lincoln also comes to mind. His long beard and top hat are forever reminders of his wisdom and perseverance to save the nation. Or maybe a modern leader comes to mind; Malala Yousafzai. A young girl who has shown the world that standing up for women 's rights against the Taliban is not only possible but essential for humanity.

Malala Yousafzai’s is a women’s activist for youth education, but primarily for girls. On July 12th, 2013, she delivered an address at the Youth Takeover of the United Nation. This speech is powerful, eye opening and deserves to be heard. She is addressing two audiences, one being the people that follow her same belief for education, some of those people would be at this convention and the other being the people that disagree with her purpose, like the Taliban. Yousafzai was in 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, which used to be a popular tourist destination. As of now the region has been taken into control of the Taliban. Her father is also an anti- Taliban activist and educator. She, her father and tons of others just want thing to be like they used to. Where they had a safe neighborhood and didn't have to worry about violence. She delivered a speech riddled with excellent use of rhetoric to convey her argument. Malala’s whole purpose for her fight for education of the youth is so that it will stop future violence, She displays this purpose in her speech by using outward focus, compassion and personal experience to her audiences.

The incredible story of Malala Yousafzai begins on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan where she is born in her home, because Malala’s family was too poor to pay for the hospital. The house that she was born in was a 2 room with no bathroom, kitchen, or running water. Her mother had to cook over a campfire, imagine a family having to live in a shack with no bathroom or running water! But after a while Malala’s family moved into a bigger house. Malala has always said that she was raised in the school that her dad owned. Both her parents are very good people too. Malala’s dad (Ziauddin Yousafzai) was concerned about the environment, and he founded a organization to let people understand how to live peacefully and protect the environment in their valley, he also let poor kids go to school for free in countries other than America, people have to pay to go to school .In addition, Malala’s mom was very nice too.

Malala Yousafzai, a girl very passionate about having an education. She is shot by a Taliban in the head and that injury prevents her from continuing her fight for education. Malala surrounded by a family that is not very educated with exception to her father and her mother who is neither able to read her write. With these thoughts in mind she has a completely different perspective on education. Her father teaching her that without edcuation the Pakistans face several problems. Malala has a very unique perspective on education. Malala took initiative to make her own fight for education and this way she was able to shape her life.

Because of the shooting, she received a massive amount of support, which lasted throughout her recovery. She began attending school in Birmingham, England in March 2013. On her sixteenth birthday, she gave a speech at the United Nations. Undeterred by the Taliban’s threats Yousafzai remains a steadfast advocate for the power of education. The Malala Fund, that was set up in her name has been helping children’s education around the world. Malala Yousafzai was? taking Advanced Level classes in history, economics. math, and religious studies with a younger class. “I do worry about my grades, I mustn’t get a C. she says (Louise Carpenter, 2015).” Her future schooling plans are to read PPE (philosophy, politics, and economics) at Oxford, although her father said she is considering Stanford University in California. Even though she isn’t a girly girl, she does say that she likes nice clothes. She also said, “ I do sometimes go to the cinema. And to markets and people do come up and sometimes people hug me… (Louise Carpenter, 2015).” This is the normal Malala who likes French fries instead of English ‘boiled things’ and listens to Katy Perry and watches Inside Out. Even though Malala Yousafzai has not had a normal life by any means, she has done great things.

Malala’s father Ziauddin Yousafzai, started and ran a private school which encouraged girls to attend. He influenced her fight for her right for education. In this story, the reader can get the feeling that Malala (Jani) and her father are very close and share the same beliefs and values. However, her mother Toor Pekai did not have much of an education.

From Malala Yousafzai’s background it is clear to see she was destined to be a fighter for the right of people to learn. Born in Mingora, Pakistan, on July 12, 1997, Malala went to the school her Father, Ziauddin Yousafzai an outspoken social activist and educator, founded in Pakistan, until the Pakistan Taliban, began imposing stricter Islamic laws, banning girls from having an education (Blumberg 1-4). In 2012, the Taliban targeted Malala and in an attempted assignation, they shot her in the head, along with injuring two other girls (Blumberg 4). On July 12, 2013, Malala gave her speech “Address to the United Youth Assembly.” Malala’s speech successfully worked in inspiring many to take up arms for women and children’s right to be educated,

/I Am Malala\ by Malala Yousafzai is an autobiography that mainly focuses on Malala’s teenage years in which she became a woman’s rights activist in Pakistan, where women are held to a lower standard than men. Her father had always encouraged her thoughts which was unusual for men. Malala quotes her father as saying, “I will protect your freedom, Malala. Carry on with your dreams." Most men usually encouraged the poor treatment towards women, which included a poor education and being a dependent housewife. Although some women may choose one or several of those futures, Malala decided that she would not have that future thrust upon her. After several years of speaking out, Malala was shot by the Taliban while coming home from school. After a