Malal The Struggle For Women's Rights

Malala lives in a time where women were stripped of all their rights and dignity. Malala is born in an environment where women were mortified because of their gender. Swat is land where rifles are fired in a celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain and play a role directly to cook and give birth to children (Yousafzai 13). Malala’s birth was not like any other girls in Swat. “He even asked friends to throw dried fruits,sweets and coin in my cradle, something we usually only do for boys (14).” When I was born like any other child in America I was born in a hospital, unlike Malala who was born at home. Cameras were flashing, calls being made out to my extended family in Nigeria saying, “The baby is born! She is