who can stand up to want they think is right and does the right thing. A good example of a superhero is Malala Yousafzai. As a young girl‚ Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. 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
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Someone I admire… Malala Yousafzai Who’s Malala ? A brave 16 year old girl from PAKISTAN. Become an activist for children (especially girls) rights and education. About Malala: In 2009‚ Malala wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule and her views on promoting education for girls. She began to rise in prominence‚ giving interviews in prints and on television and taking a position as chairperson of the District Child Assembly Swat. Her father is a poet
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in many parts of the world today. Women and girls alike continue to be oppressed‚ and must fight against the authorities that try to abase them. One of Pakistan’s most determined young women‚ Malala Yousafzai‚ spoke openly against the Taliban’s destruction of girls schools. This courageous act made Malala a target for the infamous Taliban. She survived their murder attempt‚ and became one of the world’s most recognizable female figures in the fight for
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This passage is about a brave girl called Malala Yousufzai who got shot in her head last October by Taliban gunman. She has started challenging Taliban for years because of destroying schools in her district especially girls’ schools. She has supported girls’ rights in her area and she said that they have all the right to go to schools. She used to treat in hospital in Birmingham City‚ England. Five months later the 15-year-old‚ who was among nominees last year for Nobel Peace Prize‚ returned
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realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” -Malala Yousafzai. Few will argue that around the world‚ millions of innocent people face injustice and discrimination on a daily basis. Sexism has always been one of humanity’s greatest struggles‚ with the greatest battles being fought in the middle east‚ where girls are forbidden from attending school or even going outside without a male to accompany them. I Am Malala and Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
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` Malala Yousafzai‚ born in Mingora‚ Pakistan known to be the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner for her activism. At age eleven‚ with a microphone and a huge crowd is where her activism took action after seeing many girls’ in her community suffering from lack of education. The Taliban demanded to ban all girls’ from education‚ including hers‚ so they were very determined to destroy all schools that were made for only girls. Malala is well known for fighting for education for all‚ especially girls’
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Malala Yousafzai: The Internet and the People’s Hero Some of the most integral parts of our society are the internet and heroes. Why the internet and heroes? What connects the two? Well‚ the answer is simple: popularity. In this day and age‚ the internet is a device that consumes most of our time. All of us are on the internet more than we care to admit and we all enjoy watching and catching up on what’s relevant‚ popular‚ and exciting. So‚ how do heroes come in? Simple‚ heroes have always been a
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for its adaptability and elasticity when faced with failure‚ however‚ it isn’t a quality that many possess. For instance‚ Malala Yousafzai is an excellent example of resilience. In I Am Malala‚ Malala says “I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life” (Yousafzai
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It’s hard to choose a specific leader I admire the most‚ but if I had to choose one‚ it would be Malala Yousafzai. From what I read from her autobiography‚ I greatly admire her acts of leadership‚ courage and determination for change. She may not be as known‚ but her story and her beliefs are just as great as those we look up to today‚ such as Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Gandhi‚ Abraham Lincoln and so on. She is a young Pashtun girl from Pakistan who is suppressed by the Taliban from getting an education
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a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest woman to ever get the Nobel Peace Prize. I Am Malala is the tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism‚ of the fight for girls’ education‚ of a father who encouraged his
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