Ashley Griffin
On October 9, 2012, 15 year old Malala Yousafzai was on her way to school when her bus was stopped by two Taliban members; they fired a bullet into her forehead and injured two friends next to her because she wrote a blog defying the banning of female attendance to school when she was 11 years old in 2009.
The Taliban Group called the Tehreek-e-Taliban issued an edict stating that girls are no longer be allowed to be educated at school in 2008.
The Members lived in Malakand, which is close to Mingora; they had another 22 people on their hit list along with Malala at that time.
Malala lived in northwest Pakistan in Mingora when she wrote the story about her fear for her life and her fellow classmates. The number of students in her class dropped more than a third after the edict and she felt threatened as well.
In her life changing blog statement, she wrote about how she was terrified to go to school and on the way home there was a man close behind her a man speaking of killing someone. It turned out he was speaking on the phone and was threating someone else. This endless fear worry brought her to finally speak out.
Her name and brave protest was spread and heard throughout her country and the world, including the ears of the Taliban.
Less than four years later they found her.
Malala miraculously survived her traumatic injury and lived on to spread the word about female education. In 2014 she became the youngest to ever receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
Though thousands of miles away, Malala’s impact can be felt close to home.
“Since male-dominated cultures are popular in third world countries, there are many young ladies who aren’t given an opportunity to go to school. Seeing how my family came to America, being pro-education, even if we aren’t living in the Middle East now it shows how important it is even if they’re not encouraged or allowed to, they can fight for that opportunity,” said senior Abeer Abdelrahim.
Malala’s lessons can also extend from the Middle East into women’s roles in American society.
“They [women] can be more than just a house wife or have a husband and being a mother; they have greater things they can do that they couldn’t before,” said Abdelrahim.
Malala continues to strive for women education around the world, even showing her devotion to her cause after news spread she was to receive the prestigious award: “Malala will make her first press statement after school.”
On October 9, 2012, 15 year old Malala Yousafzai was on her way to school when her bus was stopped by two Taliban members; they fired a bullet into her forehead and injured two friends next to her because she wrote a blog defying the banning of female attendance to school when she was 11 years old in 2009.
The Taliban Group called the Tehreek-e-Taliban issued an edict stating that girls are no longer be allowed to be educated at school in 2008.
The Members lived in Malakand, which is close to Mingora; they had another 22 people on their hit list along with Malala at that time.
Malala lived in northwest Pakistan in Mingora when she wrote the story about her fear for her life and her fellow classmates. The number of students in her class dropped more than a third after the edict and she felt threatened as well.
In her life changing blog statement, she wrote about how she was terrified to go to school and on the way home there was a man close behind her a man speaking of killing someone. It turned out he was speaking on the phone and was threating someone else. This endless fear worry brought her to finally speak out.
Her name and brave protest was spread and heard throughout her country and the world, including the ears of the Taliban.
Less than four years later they found her.
Malala miraculously survived her traumatic injury and lived on to spread the word about female education. In 2014 she became the youngest to ever receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
Though thousands of miles away, Malala’s impact can be felt close to home.
“Since male-dominated cultures are popular in third world countries, there are many young ladies who aren’t given an opportunity to go to school. Seeing how my family came to America, being pro-education, even if we aren’t living in the Middle East now it shows how important it is even if they’re not encouraged or allowed to, they can fight for that opportunity,” said senior Abeer Abdelrahim.
Malala’s lessons can also extend from the Middle East into women’s roles in American society.
“They [women] can be more than just a house wife or have a husband and being a mother; they have greater things they can do that they couldn’t before,” said Abdelrahim.
Malala continues to strive for women education around the world, even showing her devotion to her cause after news spread she was to receive the prestigious award: “Malala will make her first press statement after school.”