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When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the About the Author: bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.
Malala Yousafzai was born on July Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United child, she became an advocate for Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of girls' education, which resulted in the peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012, a gunman I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, shot Malala when she was traveling of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, home from school. She survived, and championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of has continued to speak out on the brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that importance of education. In 2014, she prizes sons. became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. For I Am Malala will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to her 18th birthday on July 12, 2015, inspire change in the world. also called Malala Day, she opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Its expenses covered by the Suggested Reads: Malala Fund, the school was designed Bahari, Maziar to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages Rosewater: A Family’s Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival of 14 to 18. In 2013, her biography, I
Am Malala , was released, followed by the 2015 documentary, He Named Me Ebrahim, Zak Malala . Both give an intimate look into The Terrorist’s Son: A Story of Choice the life of Malala, her family, and her commitment to supporting education Gbowee, Leymah for girls around the world. Mighty Be Our Powers http://www.biography.com/people/ Wood, John malala-yousafzai-21362253#after-the- Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy attack
I Am Malala Discussion Questions:
1. Would you have had the bravery that Malala exhibited and continues to exhibit?
2. Talk about the role of Malala's parents, especially her father, Ziauddin. If you were her parents, would you have encouraged her to write and speak out?
3. How does Malala describe the affect of the growing Taliban presence in her region? Talk about the rules they imposed on the citizens in the Swat valley. What was life like?
4. Mala has said that despite the Taliban's restrictions against girls/women, she remains a proud believer. Would you—could you—maintain your faith given those same restrictions? *
5. Talk about the reaction of the international community after Malala's shooting. Has the outrage made a difference...has it had any effect?
6. What can be done about female education in the Middle East and places like Pakistan? What are the prospects? Can one girl, despite her worldwide fame, make a difference?
7. When Malala was sent to Birmingham, England for medical help, her entire family were uprooted from the only home they knew and had to start a new life in a new country. Have you ever experienced the starting of a new life? How did you adapt? What are your views of how Malala and her family are coping in a new country?
8. Why does the Taliban want to prevent girls from acquiring an education—how do they see the female role? *
9. Why the Taliban continue to grow and attract followers...or is it gaining new followers? What attraction does it have for Muslim men? Can it ever be defeated?
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