Malala Yousafzai
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Nationality: Pakistani
Age: 17
Job: Human Rights Activist
& Blogger
When she was young,
Malala lived in Pakistan
under Taliban rule.
Before
When she was just 11 years old, Malala wrote a blog for BBC
Internet under a pseudonym.
In writing this blog, she risked her life.
Her goals were to expose the acts of the Taliban and to
promote education for women.
Unfortunately, the blog made her a target for the Taliban.
The attack
In 2012, when Malala was 15 years old, an armed man
boarded her school bus.
He asked, “Where is Malala Yousafzai?”
When she responded, he shot her in the face with a pistol.
Malala survived the attack and recovered.
She received a large amount of support from many nations.
Today, she continues her work as an activist, speaking out
for the importance of worldwide education.
This year,Malala is the youngest person to
win the Nobel Peace Prize.
In America, Malala became famous after an interview on a
popular political TV show, called The Daily Show.
The show is normally comical, but when Malala spoke, it
became quite serious.
The host was shocked with
Malala’s maturity and
compassion.
In the exchange, Malala says that if she saw her Taliban
attacker again, she would not defend herself with violence.
She says that violence would make her “no different from
the Taliban.”
She says we must fight violence with “peace, dialogue, and
education.”
In my opinion, Malala is a hero for her work.
In the face of tremendous obstacles, she
represents intelligence, courage, and feminism.
I also find her impressive because of her young
age. She is only 17 years old.