Malala's story
On July 12, 1997, a
girl named Malala Yousafzai was born in Minorga, Pakistan, located in the
country's Swat Valley. For the first few years of her life her hometown
remained a popular tourist spot known for its summer festivals. However, all
began to change once the Taliban took control.
The Taliban issued edicts banning television, music, women to be seen in public, and girl’s education. They’ve even blown up schools and as consequence, students stayed at home. The gorgeous city of Minorga has become a war-zone. Malala knew she needed to let other people know what the Taliban were doing. She couldn’t let them take away your basic right of education, she needed to be the voice to speak out- to stand up.
Malala attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. Though most parents didn’t allow their children to go to school, Malala secretly did behind the Taliban’s back. Malala loved her education and wasn’t giving it up now. After the Taliban began attacking girls school in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan in September 2008. The title of her talk was “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?”
In early 2009 Malala began blogging for BBC about living under the Taliban’s threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year.
With a growing public platform Malala continued to speak out about her right and the right to all women, to an education. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the children’s international peace prize in 2011. That same year she was awarded Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize. However the Taliban didn’t enjoy any of Malala’s activism at all.
When she was 14 Malala and her family learned that the Taliban issued a death threat against her. Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her father- an anti-Taliban activist- she and her family knew that the fundamentalist group would not harm a child.
On October 9th, 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was riding in and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala her location was given away. The gunman fired at Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet than travelled down to her neck. The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England where she was taken out of a medically induced coma. Though she would require multiple surgeries including repair of the facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her face she had suffered no brain damage.
Miraculously, Malala survived. Nobody thought she would, but she did, standing stronger than ever, fighting for what she believes is right. Her heroic actions has changed the world as we know it. Malala even has changed the world as we know it. Malala even has her own fund (Malala fund) for girls education. She has won many awards including the…
§ Nobel Peace Prize
§ Sakharov Prize
§ United Nations Prize
§ Simone de Beauvoir Prize
§ Mother Teresa awards
§ National Malala Peace Prize
§ Ambassador of Conscience award
§ The US glamour Award
Malala saw something wrong with the world and wanted a change, unlike most people, she did something and worked on it until it was done. She wanted a change for herself, for you, she wanted a change for everybody. Now the name of Malala Yousafzai will always be remembered as the name of a hero, the name of someone who changed the world, and the name of someone who stood up. She is Malala.
“I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who got shot, I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up”
-Malala Yousafzai
The Taliban issued edicts banning television, music, women to be seen in public, and girl’s education. They’ve even blown up schools and as consequence, students stayed at home. The gorgeous city of Minorga has become a war-zone. Malala knew she needed to let other people know what the Taliban were doing. She couldn’t let them take away your basic right of education, she needed to be the voice to speak out- to stand up.
Malala attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. Though most parents didn’t allow their children to go to school, Malala secretly did behind the Taliban’s back. Malala loved her education and wasn’t giving it up now. After the Taliban began attacking girls school in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan in September 2008. The title of her talk was “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?”
In early 2009 Malala began blogging for BBC about living under the Taliban’s threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year.
With a growing public platform Malala continued to speak out about her right and the right to all women, to an education. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the children’s international peace prize in 2011. That same year she was awarded Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize. However the Taliban didn’t enjoy any of Malala’s activism at all.
When she was 14 Malala and her family learned that the Taliban issued a death threat against her. Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her father- an anti-Taliban activist- she and her family knew that the fundamentalist group would not harm a child.
On October 9th, 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was riding in and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala her location was given away. The gunman fired at Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet than travelled down to her neck. The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England where she was taken out of a medically induced coma. Though she would require multiple surgeries including repair of the facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her face she had suffered no brain damage.
Miraculously, Malala survived. Nobody thought she would, but she did, standing stronger than ever, fighting for what she believes is right. Her heroic actions has changed the world as we know it. Malala even has changed the world as we know it. Malala even has her own fund (Malala fund) for girls education. She has won many awards including the…
§ Nobel Peace Prize
§ Sakharov Prize
§ United Nations Prize
§ Simone de Beauvoir Prize
§ Mother Teresa awards
§ National Malala Peace Prize
§ Ambassador of Conscience award
§ The US glamour Award
Malala saw something wrong with the world and wanted a change, unlike most people, she did something and worked on it until it was done. She wanted a change for herself, for you, she wanted a change for everybody. Now the name of Malala Yousafzai will always be remembered as the name of a hero, the name of someone who changed the world, and the name of someone who stood up. She is Malala.
“I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who got shot, I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up”
-Malala Yousafzai