Malala was named after Malalai of Maiwand‚ a poet and a woman warrior. The name could not be more fitting. Being only fourteen years old did not matter squat to Malala Yousafazi. In a short fourteen years‚ she has won fame for fighting for peace‚ womens rights‚ and humanity. Last year‚ she won the National Peace award in Pakistan for all her efforts. In 2009—at only the age of 11—she fought Taliban insurgency that tried to take over her village of Swat. She wanted to set up her own political
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CHAPTER 21 NOTES List 3 major events that take place within the chapter Amir visits his old house in Kabul and the hill north of Baba’s house- The city is now completely unfamiliar to Amir‚ and he looks at it almost as a tourist Amir looks outside his bedroom window and remembers looking out of it when watching Hassan and Amir leave. “Twenty-five years earlier‚ I had stood behind that same window‚ thick rain dripping down the panes and my breath fogging up the glass. I had watched Hassan and
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Discursive Essay- South Africa and Mughal India Whilst researching for this essay I have been continuously surprised at how developed and sophisticated Mughal India were as a society at such an early stage compared to how much work we‚ as South Africa’s future generation have to do in order to develop our society to reach a similar level. A great example of this is the common factor of both countries being homes of one of the Seven Wonders of The World. Both being incredibly fascinating and beautiful
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Movie Review The Reluctant Fundamentalist It is not easy to do justice to a book just quite as dynamic as Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist‚ yet Mira Nair has done a spectacular job of bringing to film what Hamid did to literature. The movie features extra ordinary talent from the East and the West. The esteemed Om Puri who plays a virtuoso poet along with Shabana Azmi grace the screen with their presence playing parents to a spoilt Changez Khan (Riz Ahmed)‚ whilst Pakistani singer/actress
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Malala Interview Malala‚ a young brave patriotic girl‚ is now a worldwide sensation. Because Malala was so famous‚ the Taliban were afraid of her and they shot her in the head. Why would anyone shoot her in the head? The reason she was shot in the head was because Malala fought in what she believed in by using words‚ not violence. She is known for her activism for woman school rights. When I saw her talking in an interview‚ immediately I was inspired on what she did. Normally‚ teens take school
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What makes an effective leader? A leader is an individual who guides a community‚ country‚ or group. Alexander The great‚ Asoka‚ and Jesus are leaders who exemplify all the qualities of an effective leader. Despite hardships‚ these men had to over come‚ they ended up helping their people and their empires and showed that they weren’t pushovers. These three men got respect from their followers by means of charm and fear. They all were accepting of people who did not follow them. Asoka and Alexander
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“I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.” (Yousafzai 309). People all over the world consider Malala as one of the courageous and strong teenager in the world. She risked her life to fight for women to have the right to have an education despite the opposition of her society. In “ I am Malala ” despite her surroundings and the expected roles of women in her society‚ she
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Eighteen year old Malala Yousafzai once said “If one man‚ Fazlullah‚ can destroy everything‚ why can’t one girl change that?” Education had always been apart of her and when she could no longer go to school because of the Talibans were doing to the females it was as if a part of her was ripped away. The quotes refer back to the theme of I am Malala‚ keep fighting no matter what the cost at the end it’s all worth it. Firstly‚ Malala had to fight very hard to gain her rights to even speak up. The
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Compare And Contrast Three Hostels There are a lot of hostels in Sydney which are attracted because of its price and facilities. However‚ there are only three hostels that are suitable with postgraduate students‚ namely Maze Backpackers‚ Central Station Hotel and Nomads Westend Backpackers. This report will compare and contrast them with regard to location‚ price and facilities. Firstly‚ the location is contrasted between all these hostels. Central Station Hotel has the best
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“Progress is impossible without change‚ and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” - George Bernard Shaw Out of Shadows‚ a historical fiction book by Jason Wallace tells the story of Robert Jacklin‚ a teen whose family moves from England to Zimbabwe in the 1980s. There‚ he faces rampant racism inside and out of his boarding school against the black Africans. I am Malala‚ a memoir by Malala Yousafzai is about Malala’s life in Pakistan’s Swat Valley where she and others face
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