I Am Malala
Karissa Martin
July 31,2017
Malala Yousafzai is a young woman from Pakistan, all she wanted was to go to school. Where Malala was from females wasn’t allowed to attend school whatsoever. At only 15 years old Malala Yousafzai was fatally shot in the head by the Taliban because she wanted to go to school. Little did they know by just shooting Malala she herself has become known all across the world. She stood up for what she believed in before she got shot and even after. This is Malala Yousafzai’s story. July 12, 1997 Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan. They did celebrations for the birth of the boys but never for the girls. According to Malala in her book “the birth of the girls was always really hidden behind a curtain” they never really paid attention to them as they would the boys. Malala was named after “malalai of maiwand” the greatest heroine of afghanistan. She lived in a valley, Swat Valley. Swat means “garden”, it has waterfalls, lakes and even mountains. When malala was born her and her family was very poor. In malala’s book “I Am Malala” she explains that she and her family lived in a “shabby shack” and it only had two bedrooms. There wasn’t even a bathroom when they moved in it. Two years after malala’s birth, her brother Khushal was born. Same as Malala, Khushal was born at home because they couldn’t afford a hospital. Khushal was named after their father’s school. Five years later, their family was complete, her little and last brother was
Malala Yousafzai is a women and children activist born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12th 1997. While growing up, she began advocating for the right to education among girls . Due to her persistence and determination in her activism, on October 9th 2012 Malala was shot on her way home from school by a gunman. She survived the incident and became more passionate towards her fight for education for young females. This incident gave her popularity and in 2013 Malala became nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won in 2014. Malala became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (Yousafzai 481). Due to the problems that young females had been facing in Pakistan and worldwide, it was essential to understand her education, the oppression by the Taliban, the devotion towards her religion named Islam and activism on the basis of the novel ‘I Am Malala’.
I am Malala is a heroic story about a young woman who stood up for what she wanted. This auto-biography is based on a teenager named Malala Yousafzi who stood up for girls education in her home country Pakistan. She also went against the Taliban because she didn't think it was right of what they were doing to her innocent village. When Malala was born very few people came to congratulate her parents because the birth of a girl is seen as a failure of the parents in her culture. She was born and raised in Sway Valley, Northeastern Pakistan. Swat Valley has beautiful scenery which attracts a lot of tourism until the Taliban took over the valley. Malala’s parents Ziauddin and Toor Pekai were very kind humble people from the mountain villages. Malala’s father was a very well educated man who grew up studying poetry and literature. He also started the Khushal School a three years before Malala was born. ”My father started the school three years before I was born, and he was a teacher, accountant, and principal—as well as a janitor, handyman, and chief mechanic.” (Chapter 1, Page 20) In Malala’s culture, girls are refused an education or even simply knowing how to read and write. Her father helped girls by starting the school and making a big influence on girls. Malala is truly a hero throughout this paper you will see how she changed everything.
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
At the beginning of research it seemed that research would get more positive publications from Malala’s motherland rather than western publishers, nevertheless the fact is differ from research expectations .Yet, in Pakistan, she remains a divisive figure, adored and despised in equivalent measure. Depiction of that in media –articles from newspapers and journals .the majority of western media describe her like “hero”, while non-western media betray her as “enemy”. These two sections would be examined further in analysis section.
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.
Malala Yousafzai is a pakistani schoolgirl. When she was little, she didn't get to go to school, because in her country, girls weren’t allowed to go to school. But, she went anyway. Soon enough, she was targeted by the Taliban. When she was 12 years old, she was on her way home from school, when she was shot in the head. Luckily for her, the bullet didn’t touch her brain. After 5 hours of surgery, she was almost better. I say almost because she was paralyzed in the left side of her face. After this whole
Today she is an icon for girls eduction and youngest nominee for Noble Peace Price. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12 1997 in Pakistan. During that time Taliban was very active in Swat valley (place where she lived) and didn't tolerate the idea of girls been educated. Malala grew up around school, her father was also a school teacher and founder of Kushal school in Swat.
In the novel, I am Malala by Malala Youzfzai, education in the middle East did not improve until Malala changed the Taliban’s perspective of women’s education. The government in Pakistan completely changed after Malala stood up for women’s rights. Malala’s family struggled and fought to stay in Pakistan when the Taliban took over, but after they got attacked they were forced to move to England. Malala Youzfzai constantly fought her way and endeavored to stand up for womens education in Pakistan once the Taliban took control, despite being forced out of her home country to be an immigrant. Education in Pakistan was completely and utterly destroyed when the Taliban took control.
In Pakistan, the Taliban set standards that did not permit girls to experience an education. Girls were to stay at home and do chores. Malala built up the miniscule amount of courage stacked deep inside of her, and she fought as if there was no tomorrow. Malala secretly went to school, risking the lives of her family members as well as her own. Everyday, she blogged her protests against the evil, which caught the attention of the Taliban. The blogs showed how she did not let the Taliban suffocate her in their laws. Once the Taliban caught her, she was shot in the head. However, this did not stop her from her efforts. Malala has inspired many girls around the world to stand up for themselves. Malala Yousafzai is a renowned as a historical figure who truly broke out of her cage.
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” (Harris). Malala Yousafzai, a girl who shot for going to school. Malala was born july 12, 1997, in mingora, the largest city in Swat Valley in what is now the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. She is the daughter of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai and has two younger brothers.Malala and her father stood up to the taliban for her right to go to school. Malala was a girl who lived Swat valley, one of many, who was threatened by the Taliban for going to school, she argued that she had a right to be educated . She inspired other girls like her to do the same and go to school. She was such a inspiring voice to the youth of pakistan that many girls followed in her footsteps and even though they knew that they could face consequences. Malala stood up for her rights and was punished for it, but
Malala Yousafzai was eight years old when she discovered her goals and ambitions. She would go to the school that her father owned everyday with her friends and she would happily learn and study with all the other people that went to school with her. Malala was a girl who had grown up seeing the world much different from how a teenager from California would see the world. She would see that “Many of the girls in the village didn’t go to school.” She didn’t understand why women weren’t going to school and getting an education. The men in her country believed that “She doesn’t need an education to run a house.” Had Malala grown up in somewhere like California then she would not be experiencing these issues first-hand and would probably be speaking
It's a day celebrating the economic, culture and politic achievement of women. To the collective efforts of all care about human tights. In 1910 clear skim started international women's day celebrations women's rights. To work, vote be trained to hold office and end discrimination.1917 Russia went on strike because they could not vote. 1975 internationals women's day was canceled for the first time is United Nations. 1996 aver year they would have a theme. In 200o people stopped and forgot about they theme. 2011 saw the 100-year centenary if the Internet. 2017 people started marching because it was around the world. Their examples of strong, powerful women are Susan B Anthony, Rose Parks, and Malala.
Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Ever since Malala was little she has been an advocate for girls education. Although this was good for her it was bad for the taliban. Malala had been threatened because she wanted to be educated. When malala was little the taliban had went and took control of the area that she had been living in. When Malala was only 15 years old her life had a huge turning point. On October 9, 2012 Malala had been on her way home from school and she was targeted by a gunman that was part of the taliban. The had stopped the bus and approached Malala and shot her. He shot Malala in the face and he had left her there to die. Malala was rushed and had to be flown to the nearest hospital. That
Born on July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was, and continues to be, a Pakistani activist. She is well known for her activism in the fight for female education, particularly in the Middle East. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai founded a school where Malala attended as a young girl, exposing her to an education unavailable to many young girls her age. On September 1st of 2008, Malala gave a speech titled, “How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education?” in response to the attacks of the Taliban on a Girls’ schools in Swat, Pakistan.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12th 1997 in Swat Valley, Pakistan. Malala has 2 younger brothers and have always faced the responsibility of taking care of them when she needed to. Growing up, her father's dream was to build and operate an academy so she gained early experience and training for school from her very dad. Malala was always the top of her class and excelled in many aspects school related. Malala's life was pretty normal until 9/11. She said that after this, the power in her country was constantly moving and changing. It commonly fell into the hands of the wrong people. This led to Fazlullah. When Malala was ten years of age, a man named Fazlullah, started to place strict rules on the people of Pakistan, preaching about what was unholy to have and what wasn't. DVDs, CDs and TVs were not allowed in the home, women were told to stay at home, and