Nearly 1‚000 schools have been destroyed by the Taliban in Pakistan‚ depriving thousands of school children of an education. Malala Yousafzai lives in the Swat Valley of Pakistan‚ which in 2008 was controlled by the Taliban. She became a victim of the Taliban’s antagonism towards education for girls. But she defied the Taliban and with great courage and determination took a stand for the rights of girls to an education. Malala Yousafzai campaigns for equal access to education for boys and girls in
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Mingora‚ the largest city in the Swat Valley in what is now the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. At a very young age‚ Malala developed a thirst for knowledge. For years her father‚ a passionate education advocate himself‚ ran a learning institution in the city‚ and school was a big part of Malala’s family.In 2007‚ when Malala was ten years old‚ the situation in the Swat Valley rapidly changed for her family and community. The Taliban began to control the Swat Valley and quickly became the dominant
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showed that a bullet which had entered the skull did not cause significant damage to her brain. A number of people have been arrested by police in Pakistan in connection with the shooting. A Taliban spokesman said the top leadership of the Taliban’s Swat Valley chapter decided two months ago to kill Yousufzai in a carefully-planned attack after her family ignored repeated
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I Am Malala: Independent Reading I. Cultural Connections Malala Yousafzi is the protagonist‚ narrator‚ and author of I Am Malala. She is born into a religious Pakistan family in Swat during a time of women oppression. Yousafzi makes a point to write about her happiness and freedom before Taliban took over. Her Pakistan heritage encourages many cultural traditions including dressing conservatively. Women are instructed to show respect by wearing burqas‚ which covered their face and body. The role
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MANAGEMENT OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (IDPs) IN RELATION TO MASSIVE DISPLACEMENT IN SWAT VALLEY ©Aftab Hussain Malik‚ Ejaz Ahmed Bhatti [pic] Dr. Nadeem Ehsan‚ Chairman‚ EM Department CASE‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan. Tel: +92518432273 Correspondence regarding this paper should be addressed to: Dr. Nadeem Ehsan Email: m4nadeem@yahoo.com Authors Profile Aftab Hussain Malik Malik is a Mechanical Engineer and doing Masters in Engineering Management
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defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012‚ but survived. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12‚ 1997‚ in Mingora‚ Pakistan‚ located in the country’s Swat Valley. For couple years‚ her hometown remained a popular tourist’s spot that was known for its summer festivals. However‚ the area began to change as the Taliban tried to take control. As a child she wanted to become a doctor‚ although she became
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“right to education”. For those who don’t remember‚ Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani girl from the Swat valley region who was shot in her neck and the head a month back in an assassination attempt by a talibani goon. Why? Simple‚ she just wanted to go to school and study. What many of us took as granted in our childhoods‚ is a per day crusade for the girls of that region. The talibani extremists of Swat valley considers girl’s education a “sin” and raid the houses in Malala’s town ‚Mingora‚ to find
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that hospital. What happened to her was against all human emotion. But now Malala has become a symbol of Pakistan. She is a role model‚ someone who stood up for education at a time when schools were being blown up. The area in which she lived‚ the Swat Valley‚ had been taken over by the Taliban‚ who opposed Western education. They thought it was polluting the minds of girls‚ in particular‚ and banned them from going to school. Malala opposed this. And for doing so‚ she was singled out and shot.
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Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12th‚ 1997 in Mingora in the Swat District of North-West Pakistan‚ a beautiful city full of cultural and social activities. Malala was given her name after a famous warrior from Southern Afghanistan who fought for freedom. When Malala was born no one would have been able to know how fitting this name was for her and the impact she later would have on the world. This impact did not come easy‚ terror and heartbreak was also a contributing factor for her success. But
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