Malalaandthetalbanessay

MalalaandtheTaliban
By:MeganM

Contents:

Chapter1-MalalaTeenActivist
Chapter2-TheTalibansban
Chapter3-SwatValleyschools
Chapter4-MalalaProtests
Chapter5-MalalasTragedy
Chapter6-Malalafund
Chapter7-OtherActivists
Glossary/Bibliography
Picturelinks
Chapter1-MalalaTeenActivism
Malala Yousafzai was a young girl when she became a Teen
Activist. She wasbornonJuly12th1997inMingora,a townintheSwat
District, Swat Valley, in Pakistan. She was named after a Pakistani
heroine Malalai, and shes lived up to her name. Her father Ziauddin
Yousafzai owned a school in Swat Valley and Malalasharedherfather's
interest in learning. WhentheTalibanbannedgirlsfromgoingtoschool
in 2008 Malala became a Teen Activist. The Taliban'sbanoneducation
was sudden and unneeded. Malala was inspired by Emma Watson before
she became an Activist, she looked up to Emmas take on girls rights
and how she believed in them. In 2011, Malala received Pakistan's first
ever Youth Peace Prize and was nominated by the Archbishop, Desmond
Tutu,foraninternationalChildren'sPeacePrize.
Chapter2-TheTalibansBan

The Talibans ban on girls education was very disruptive on every
girls life, they had to always live in fear of going to school. It was in
2008 when the Taliban set out the law, they would do anything to
enforce it. They would blow up any schools that still taught girls, and
they did. By the end of 2008, 400 schools had been demolished and 115
kids died. From 1996 to 2001 the Taliban held most government control
and they caused 76% of death and casualties in Afghanistan in 2010
and 80% in 2011. In 2009, The Taliban Military power In the Swat
District intensified. The Taliban didnt just affect women's education
it affected their normal life too, Women were not allowed to be
treated by a doctor unless a male was present, which couldnt always
happen. They couldnt go shopping and they had no access to T.V and no
Music, also most marriages were forced andtheyhadtoalwaysweara
BURQAinpublictocoverthemselves.
Chapter3-SwatValleySchools
Pakistan is the second highest country of out of school children in the
world, 172 schools were destroyed due to the Taliban in 2007. 23,000 girls
wereleftwithouteducationand17,000boysin2009.
By the end of 2009, 356 schools had been completely destroyed.On April 27
2009 12 ChildrenwerekilledbecauseofabombinafootballinDirWestSwat
Valley. Maulana Fazalullah - The Taliban militant leader- was responsible for
setting up 30radiostationstotelleveryoneabouttheban.200schoolswere
aimed at with bombs, and in February 2009 a blast took out a boys school
(aggressive!). 15 out of 22 Chanbaghs- A city in swat district- schools were
destroyed. The taliban did some unforgiving things and the Afghanistan's will
remembertforeverbuttheywillalsorememberhowtheycanbackupafter
they were knocked down. After the taliban's demolition of over 400 schools
(70%girls,)
Teachers like Gul-e-Khandana were determined to keep their schools.
Gul-e-Khandana is a teacher at her own girls schools in the Mountain village
of Sijban and when the Taliban came and threatened her school and her life
she quickly took action, Khandana snuck her school records, furniture ,and
papers into her home, under her burka, she then returned in 2009 to Sijban
and went straight to her school, when she saw it was still standing she was
rejoiced to know that she could still teach, because she had been teaching
therefor20yearsandlovedherjob.
Chapter4-MalalaProtests
In 2009 Malala began writing a blog for the BBC news urdu
service under PSEUDONYMaboutherfearsofherschoolbeingattacked.
She was scared because at the end of 2008 more the 400 schools had
been destroyed and she thought hers was next. Malala and her Father
(Ziauddin Yousafzai) received death threats. Then, On pakistan TV
Malalasaid,
HowdaretheTalibantakeawaymybasicrightforeducation?
ShequotedthisbecauseshewasangryattheTaliban,shewanted
all girls to live a worry free life and still be able to go to school.
Around the time of the death threats malala was undercovered and
her real name was publishedforherBBCblog.Malalaspokeoutpublically
againsttheTalibansLaw.
Chapter5-MalalasEncounterwithaBullet
Malala faced a horribletragedyonOctober9th2012whenshewas
riding a bus with her friends home from school.Amaskedgunmencame
onto the bus and asked for Malala, then a horrible thing happened, she
was shot by the gunmen and the bullet went through her head, neck,
and shoulder. Malala did survive the attack and was moved to
Birmingham in the United Kingdom for recovery in a hospital that
specializes in military treatment. Later, in january 2013 she was
rejoined with her family in the U.K. In a way Malala injury helped her
fight against the Taliban because after the fact 2 million people
signed a Right To Education Patision and then led to worldwide
protests against the Taliban and the National Assembly ratified the
firsteverrighttofreetheTalibansban.
Chapter6-TheMalalaFund
The Malala fund is a organisation for girls in Afghanistan that
dont have any education and arent going to school. You can donate to
the Malala fund at https://www.malala.org/ if a girl doesn't have
enough money to go to school and get into college The Malala Fund can
help out that girl by giving her the money necessary, and if a school
that a lot of girls are going to shuts down the Malala Fund can help
out that school so the girlshaveaplacetogotoschool.ThepeopleWho
run the Malala Fund advocate for resources and policy changes to
ensure all girls complete 12 yearsofschool.Theyinvesttheirdonations
intoeducationleadersandorganisationsinregions.
Chapter7-OtherActivists
MichelleBachelet
MalalaYousafzai
JuliaGillard
GracaMachel
MichelleObama
HillaryClinton
EmmaWatson

Glossary:
1. Burqa- An Outer Garment worn by women to cover them in

public.
2. Pseudonym-AFictionalname.
Bibliography:
http://www.biography.com/people/malala-yousafzai-21362253
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~naqvi20r/classweb/swat/Timeline.html
https://www.malala.org/
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/yousaf
zai-bio.html
Picturesfoundat:
https://afightermalalayousafzai.wordpress.com/
https://scroll.in/article/695381/pakistan-the-most-dangerous-place-o
n-earth-to-go-to-school
http://tieraparham.blogspot.com/
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Activist. She wasbornonJuly12th1997inMingora,a townintheSwat

District, Swat Valley, in Pakistan. She was named after a Pakistani

Yousafzai owned a school in Swat Valley and Malalasharedherfather's

interest in learning. WhentheTalibanbannedgirlsfromgoingtoschool

in 2008 Malala became a Teen Activist. The Taliban'sbanoneducation

she became an Activist, she looked up to Emmas take on girls rights

The Talibans ban on girls education was very disruptive on every

and they caused 76% of death and casualties in Afghanistan in 2010

District intensified. The Taliban didnt just affect women's education

it affected their normal life too, Women were not allowed to be

treated by a doctor unless a male was present, which couldnt always

Music, also most marriages were forced andtheyhadtoalwaysweara

(aggressive!). 15 out of 22 Chanbaghs- A city in swat district- schools were

Teachers like Gul-e-Khandana were determined to keep their schools.

Gul-e-Khandana is a teacher at her own girls schools in the Mountain village

service under PSEUDONYMaboutherfearsofherschoolbeingattacked.

(Ziauddin Yousafzai) received death threats. Then, On pakistan TV

her real name was publishedforherBBCblog.Malalaspokeoutpublically

Malala faced a horribletragedyonOctober9th2012whenshewas

riding a bus with her friends home from school.Amaskedgunmencame

Birmingham in the United Kingdom for recovery in a hospital that

specializes in military treatment. Later, in january 2013 she was

signed a Right To Education Patision and then led to worldwide

The Malala fund is a organisation for girls in Afghanistan that

the Malala fund at https://www.malala.org/ if a girl doesn't have

out that school so the girlshaveaplacetogotoschool.ThepeopleWho

ensure all girls complete 12 yearsofschool.Theyinvesttheirdonations

1. Burqa- An Outer Garment worn by women to cover them in

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