I Am Malala Sparknotes

“Who is Malala?” That was the question that was last asked before she was shot on the fateful day of October 9th, 2012. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is an autobiography written by Malala Yousafzai, with the help of Christina Lamb, that depicts her life under the rule of the Taliban, an Islamic armed insurgency, during which she fought for women’s right to education and other basic human rights. Women’s rights are widely ignored in Islamic countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other Middle Eastern countries. They are taught from an early age that they must stay at home and care for their husband, that men are superior to that of women. Women are afraid to speak out against these misogynistic
However, it slowly turned miserable as the Taliban slowly invaded SWAT. More people lived under fear, especially the women. However, Malala wasn’t scared; she spoke out against them. She volunteered after overhearing a conversation between her father and a BBC Urdu reporter. “... his friend [her father] Abdul Hai Kakar, a BBC radio correspondent based in Peshawar … was looking for a female teacher or school girl to write a diary about life under the Taliban … When I overheard my father talking about this, I said, ‘Why not me?’ I wanted people to know what was happening (154).” Under the blog, she spoke about the things that made her scared, such as the public executions the Taliban. She also gave interviews, including ones about women’s rights against the Taliban, stating, “If I am speaking for my rights, for the rights of girls, I am not doing anything wrong. It's my duty to do so. God wants to see how we behave in such situations. There is a saying in the Quran, 'The falsehood has to go and the truth will prevail.' If one man, Fazlullah, can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it? I wondered. I prayed to God every night to give me