Malala Yousafzai: A Modern Day Prophet Today

The article, “Excerpts from Malala the Powerful: The Amazing True Story of a 15-Year-Old Girl who Stood up to a Deadly Terrorist Group” by Kristin Lewis, tells us Malala’s story and shows us how she advocates for children's rights. If the Taliban attacks Malala, she will remain in her position and tell them what they’re doing is wrong because everyone deserves an education. She won't fight with violence, but instead, will use her words against them and be determined to show them how everything they’re doing is wrong. This shows how she has a passion for what she stands up for. Yes, she is targeted by the Taliban, but no, that won't change a thing about her. She will still be the same girl who advocates for children and their rights to be able to receive the education they deserve. With passion and the ability to inspire, she changed the world and the many ways we see

Malala Yousafzai began to fight for educational rights when the Taliban tried to take them away from her, she thought no one should be able to do something like that. “Yousafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" (Malala Biography). When Malala gave that speech she knew she was risking her life, as the Taliban would come after her for doing such a thing. However, Malala did it anyway because she thought that doing the right thing was worth the risk. “Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her because of her activism” (Malala Biography). When Malala had made such a big impact on the world of women’s education the Taliban had threatened her life, but at

Kristen Lewis’ article, “Malala the Powerful” was about how a girl as shot in the head by the terrorist group, the Taliban because she was using her voice to stand up and say everyone deserves an education, especially girls. In Pakistan, the religion is strict therefore the Taliban decided to control the government, that made life for women and girls brutal. The Taliban ordered that girls were not allowed to attend school. Malala completely disagreed so she used her voice on the internet incognito to bring awareness about what was happening. The Taliban was out of control, Malala’s family was forced to move South. With all the commotion she revealed her identity, making her well known world wide. Once news broke on who she was, the Taliban

Through her service and advocacy in the cause of women’s education and in the manner that she exemplifies Christian service, Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim girl, has called the world into action.

Malala has displayed enormous amounts of potency as she fought against the Taliban to give women rights. During her journey to fight against the Taliban, she has faced many dangers. These dangers prover her to be fearless. One danger she has faced are the death threats. While she was fighting for women’s rights, she faced death threats issued by the Taliban. One day, October 9, 2012, Malala was riding home on the school bus with her classmates from her school in Swat Valley. One gunman entered from the front of the bus while another entered from the back. The gunman who entered in the front began to ask the driver questions, while the other gunman wanted to know which girl was Malala. When her scared classmates identified Malala, the gunman began to shoot at her. She, along with two

Malala began writing at the age of eleven for BBC under the pseudonym “Gul Makai.” She wrote about her feelings, dreams, fears, and life under the Taliban and it was published in a journal. Later, she became even more well known for her speeches, such as her address to the United Nations on her sixteenth birthday, just nine months after she was shot by the Taliban. She is an accomplished writer, already writing three books, I am Malala, I am Malala Abridged, and Malala’s Magic Pencil. She also has a movie documentary about herself called “He named me Malala.” However this is not where she stops, she continues to fight for education for children and

Malala Yousafzai is well known for her acts towards Women’s Rights due to the factors caused by the Taliban people. Malala (Biographyonline, Malala) was a regular Pakistan school girl when the Taliban started enforcing rules and restrictions against women. Women were no longer allowed to listen to music, receive education, or go shopping. If they did, they’d be punished by the Taliban. Malala loved school and refused to cower in fear like the rest of her classmates and community. Malala formed a secret blog with BBC expressing her feelings about how unfair women were being treated. Malala was then targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head. Malala suffered a coma, but

Malala Yousafzai was announced the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on October 10, 2014. She received the Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against the suppression of young people and for the right of children to be educated. She is the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient. She opened a school in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, near the Syrian border, for Syrian refugees. The school educates and trains girls ages 14-18 years old. Malala Yousafzai called on world leaders to invest in “books, not

Before Malala Yousafzai took a stand for children’s rights, countries throughout the Middle East were brutally oppressed by the Taliban. The Taliban are a radically militant Islamic movement that controlled some ninety percent of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 (“The Taliban Once Ruled”). In 2007, a faction of the Taliban regrouped across the border in Pakistan, invading northern cities including Mingora, a region in Swat Valley. These fundamentalist terrorists were brutal and rapidly became the dominant socio-political force in northern Pakistan (“Education in Pakistan”). The Taliban executed those who resisted and didn’t follow their harsh laws. According to a resident of Swat Valley, “we were very scared of them. Our education system was totally

October ninth, two-thousand twelve, fifteen year old Malala Yousafzai boarded a school bus which would take her and other students home from school. The school bus was stopped by two members of the Pakistani Taliban. One went to the front of the bus to interrogate the bus driver. The second man entered the passenger part of the bus, called for Malala by name and fired three times. One of the bullets hit Malala at point blank near her left eye, traveled down into her shoulder and became lodged.

Malala was a special girl. She lived in Mingora, Pakistan, where it eventually was controlled by Taliban. She attended a school that her father founded which was taken away by the laws against education for girls that the Taliban was creating to destroy. In the year of 2009, she became a blogger for BBC to talk about the horror of the control that the Taliban were achieving. But on the same year, she was threatened was eventually shot in the head by a Taliban. It was an ordinary day and “Malala was sitting in her school bus when a man climbed on board and demanded to know “Which one of you is Malala?” When she answered, “I am Malala”, the man opened fire” (Kennedy- Macfoy). However she survived the bullet and actually gave one of the biggest messages ever, education for all girls. No one knew should would live and will make a change on the gender roles towards education, especially the Tailban who thought they have gotten away of the assassination. She gave a lot of speeches towards this powerful disapproval of women education and to create a stand that women deserve the right to education themselves. As her ideas and message became to spread, “she became one of the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize” (Kettler). She also got her own day called Malala day on July 12, 2015 where she continued to take action on women education and with Malala funds she was able to open a school in Lebanon. Malala became a symbol over the education for girls and the disagreement towards gender

Throughout the span of the human race, many people and organization have stood up for the right of others. Some scientists raced against time to produce vaccines that saved millions if not billions of lives. On the other hand, many speakers traveled across the globe to promote individual’s freedom and rights. In wartime, more people regardless of their backgrounds worked tirelessly to save lives of many individuals who faced genocide. Undoubtedly, history has foretold that at any moment in time, people are working tremendously so that other people may have a better world to live. Regarding education, Malala Yousafzai, known as Malala, has put all her efforts in promoting education to every child living on earth. She was a target of an insurgent group, but now she is the savior of many children. Thanks to her works, many children now have an education which they have never once dreamed they would have. Her moral courage will be a legacy that she leaves for humans.

Malala Youafzai's activism started with her passion for education. As a child Malala loved school and felt it was very important. In 2007 the Taliban invaded her home town Swat Valley Pakistan forcing their strict Islamic law onto the ones who lived their. The Taliban were going to extreme measures to prevent women from going to school. Malala being very passionate about her education since a young age

Malala Yousafzai’s home town in the Swat Valley of Pakistan is where her journey first takes place where oppression against womens education is enforced by Taliban rule. The Taliban staunchly opposed Malala’s fierce beliefs in the right for women to have an education and they did their best to silence her voice. Malala and the other women in the Swat Valley were forced to obey their oppressive regime and not gain an education. Despite the harsh climate against her Malala spoke up against this tyranny with the faith that she could cause a change for the better. Unfortunately due to this she was singled out and faced severe retaliation. A Taliban gunman stopped her school bus and proclaimed that she must be punished for insulting the

Through it all, Ziauddin’s school remained open, although signs were removed and the girls that attended could no longer wear their uniforms for fear that the Taliban might target them. In late 2008, Malala’s father took her to a press club in Peshawar to protest the school closings. This was her first time to speak out against the Taliban’s actions with her speech, “How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education?” Yousafzai was only 11 at the time when the speech was publicized throughout Pakistan. Shortly after, the Taliban announced that all girl’s schools in Swat were to be shut down in January of the following year. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) came to Ziauddin in search of a possible blogger who could report on life in Swat under Taliban rule. Malala was given the task, and under the pen name of Gul Makai she wrote about her daily life. BBC Urdu collected her entries from January to March of 2009 and translated 35 to English. The Taliban continued to grow stronger in Swat, with schools including Ziauddin’s being forcefully shut down. Even though Malala’s diary entries remained unknown by the Taliban, many urged her to stop. Some people even attacked her father for letting her participate. After Malala’s appearance on a widely known Pakistani news show and an overall backlash across the country, the Taliban agreed to a cease-fire. Girls were allowed back in school on the condition that they wore burqas and there seemed to be peace.