Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12‚ 1997 in Mingora‚ Pakistan. Located in the country’s Swat Valley. For the first few years of her life‚ her hometown remained a popular tourist spot that was known for its summer festivals. However‚ the area began to change as the Taliban tried to take control. As a child‚ she became an advocate for girls’ education‚ which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9‚ 2012‚ a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school
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you? Gandhi once said‚ “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan has taken this idea totally transformed it into a major issue that needed to be address in her country. She has taken the world by storm by fighting the Taliban over women’s rights first‚ by creating an anonymous online blog expressing her thoughts then‚ receiving the Nobel Peace Prize‚ and also by publishing an autobiography. Malala has appeared in the news mostly for her courageous
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I am Malala is the memoir of a fourteen-year old girl’s campaign for women’s right to education. In 2011‚ Malala was shot by the Taliban in a bus on her way home from school. Two Taliban men boarded the bus and asked‚ “who is Malala‚” soon after‚ firing shots into Malala’s head (Yousafzai 9). The Taliban‚ a radical Islamic group‚ wishes to instill a conservative version of Islamic law called Sharia. Malala grew up in a society in which women were treated as inferior beings‚ housekeepers‚ and had
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Malala Yousafzai Most fourteen year olds get out of bed and the first thought on their mind is about the clothes they are going to wear that day‚ while Malala’s first thought is how she will stay alive that day. Malala has to worry about being killed because she is constantly targeted by the Taliban‚ an Islamic militant group (Oxford University Press). She is targeted due to her activism. She fights for equal rights on education‚ woman‚ and children. Malala suffers through her own injustices‚ which
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Introduction Malala Yousafzai is a nineteen year old activist for women’s rights and education. She had confronted the Taliban in Mingora‚ Pakistan‚ she was shot in the head and miraculously survive. She was born on July 12 1997‚ her first languages are Pashto and Urdu‚ she lives in the Swat Valley region in Khyber‚‚ Pakistan. Some people who look up to her always say that her bravery made her a target. When she knew that the Taliban shut down all of the schools for girls. She gave a speech‚ nobody
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Have you heard of Malala? She was the youngest person to win the Nobel peace prize. Malala got the right for girls to get an education. Malala’s early life. Malala’s early life affected who she would become. The Pakistan Taliban tried to control her city. The Pakistan Taliban blew up a lot of schools in her city. She gave speeches that warned the Pakistan Taliban. Malala’s Obstacles Malala overcame many obstacles. She got shot in the head. She was enemies of the Pakistan Taliban. She was not
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Malala Day There a lot of things Americans take for granted that we are fortunate to have. We are fortunate enough that we can go to school without getting shot at‚ sent death threats‚ or announced as a public enemy. But many people don’t have this luxury and more than 65 million kids don’t have the access to go to school. In the country Pakistan a girl named Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head for promoting education for women across the country. The Taliban justified this by saying it ok
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“I AM MALALA.” “I Am Malala” is a breathtaking novel based on a true story of a young sixteen year old girl’s life. This memoir written by Malala Yousafzai and co written by Christina Lamb was published in October 2013 by ‘Little‚ Brown and Company’ and has become a very popular novel all around the world. This book contains 265 pages and costs Indian Rs. 399 and I found it worth reading. This courageous young girl wrote this book fearlessly to spread the awareness about the rights of education
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that you come across in the passages. In both stories they tell about strong‚ brave‚ and powerful women that do something to stand out in their country. There are still different in many ways like their age and how they stood up and spoke out. Malala Yousafzai and Barbara Frietchie are amazing women and leaders‚ that made a difference‚ and made people think. One difference between the two heroic women is what they stood up for and believed in and why they did it. Barbara Frietchie stood up the United
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Malala Interview Malala‚ a young brave patriotic girl‚ is now a worldwide sensation. Because Malala was so famous‚ the Taliban were afraid of her and they shot her in the head. Why would anyone shoot her in the head? The reason she was shot in the head was because Malala fought in what she believed in by using words‚ not violence. She is known for her activism for woman school rights. When I saw her talking in an interview‚ immediately I was inspired on what she did. Normally‚ teens take school
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