Malala's Life

 

Inspiring, one word you can use to describe Malala. Malala Yousafzai was

born on the 12th July 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. She was the eldest child in

her family, and had two younger brothers. Her family ran a chain of

schools, which was founded by her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, who was an

education activist. He taught Malala English, Pashto and Urdu and as Malala

attended one her father’s schools, her father had found out and sensed

something special in Malala. And he encouraged her to express herself

freely. Her hometown was rather exciting and busy, as it was a tourist attraction for summer festivals. But this had all changed when the Taliban came and tried to take control. At a young age, Malala Yousafzai felt girls should have a

right towards education like boys and she defied the Taliban. In 2012, she was shot in the head by a Taliban Gunman,

                                                        and fortunately she is alive. In 2011, the BBC used Malala Yousafzai as a

                                                        reporter in Afganistan for the war going on. Malala’sface was not shown on TV,                                                             but instead she done voice overs on the report and she told the BBC that she

                                                        would not disclose her real name to the public but instead use the alias name

                                                        Gul Makai. When she was 14, she found out that the Taliban had issued a death                                                             threat for her and her family thought the Taliban would not hurt a child, but behind closed doors something bad happened. When Malala was travelling home by bus from school, there was a

Taliban gunman on board. This gunman demanded to know where Malala was and her friends gave away where she is

– they began making eye contact with her. The gunman shot an innocent girl on the head on the 9th October 2012.