Women's Roles In I Am Malala
Women in this country are fortunate to live in the United States, because they have better opportunities and equalities in life just like men do. However, women have the educational opportunities to become lawyers, doctors, and many more extensive career opportunities in the USA. Swat Valley in Pakistan, was a beautiful place full of mountains, waterfalls, crystal lakes and was surrounded by tourists before Maulana Fazlullah, leader of Taliban army, twenty eight year old, brought chaos to Swat Valley. The Taliban army made a huge impact in Swat Valley geographically and with women’s rights because they introduced feared in this community, but mainly to women. The Taliban prohibited music, TV, Radio, and later would go house by house to check
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Individuals were scared for their own life In I Am Malala, Malala describes how traditions play a huge role in Swat Valley. For example she explains,“I knew as we got older the girls would be expected to stay inside. We’d be expected to cook and serve our brothers and fathers… my mother and I could not go out without a male relative to accompany us, even if it was a five-year-old-boy! This was the tradition” (Yousafzai 26). In Swat Valley women's roles are to serve the men in their family as well as how they will be doing when they get married until they die. Even though religion is a beautiful thing to have it can be a huge obstacle to women, because they are too committed to their traditions that they cannot see beyond religion, Women in Swat Valley became more limited on what they can and cannot do after the Taliban took over because Fazlullah would lie to them about what the Quran says. In fact to demonstrate, “Women are meant to fulfill their responsibilities in the home. Only in emergencies can they go outside, but then they must wear the veil” (115), Fazlullah stated. When Fazlullah enter to Swat Valley, he inforce religion mainly towards women to follow the Quran. Since Fazlullah had controlled later he created more fear into women because he knew women had no right to an education, so women were more easy to target and
Individuals were scared for their own life In I Am Malala, Malala describes how traditions play a huge role in Swat Valley. For example she explains,“I knew as we got older the girls would be expected to stay inside. We’d be expected to cook and serve our brothers and fathers… my mother and I could not go out without a male relative to accompany us, even if it was a five-year-old-boy! This was the tradition” (Yousafzai 26). In Swat Valley women's roles are to serve the men in their family as well as how they will be doing when they get married until they die. Even though religion is a beautiful thing to have it can be a huge obstacle to women, because they are too committed to their traditions that they cannot see beyond religion, Women in Swat Valley became more limited on what they can and cannot do after the Taliban took over because Fazlullah would lie to them about what the Quran says. In fact to demonstrate, “Women are meant to fulfill their responsibilities in the home. Only in emergencies can they go outside, but then they must wear the veil” (115), Fazlullah stated. When Fazlullah enter to Swat Valley, he inforce religion mainly towards women to follow the Quran. Since Fazlullah had controlled later he created more fear into women because he knew women had no right to an education, so women were more easy to target and