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Malala Yousafzai: An Epic Heroine

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15 year old Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban, and to this day she still has a target on her back. Yousafzai was born in 1997 in Pakistan. In 2012, she was shot, but she survived. The Taliban targeted her for speaking out for what she believed in. She is an activist for women’s rights to education and equal rights among all people in the Middle East. Malala Yousafzai embodies many of the traits of an epic heroine because she is a strong and courageous woman, she overcame incredible obstacles, and she is honored around the world. An epic heroine trait Malala Yousafzai embodies in being a strong and courageous woman. She once stated, “I speak not for myself, but for those without voice… those who have fought for their rights… their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to education” (“Malala”). She started speaking out for what she believed in at a time where that wasn’t safe. Speaking out in a time of civil wars and violent protesting takes a very strong person in general, but the fact that Malala …show more content…

Being only a young girl, Yousafzai was vulnerable to attacks as she could not defend herself. When she was 15 a gunman boarded her school bus,”The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet traveled down to her neck” (“Malala Yousafzai”). The author explains that she survived the attack, but the effects will last forever. She had a long road to recovery being put into a medically induced coma three times, moving hospitals country to country, and while having a target on her back. When she was released from the hospital in 2013, she went straight back to non-violent protesting and speaking out for equal rights and women’s education rights in the Middle East. Malala Yousafzai has overcome incredible obstacles in her short

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