The Story of Determination To ReWrite History - Malala Yousafzai

She dared to stand up for herself and other girls and used national and international media to let the world know girls should also have the right to go to school

 




















Malala Yousafza, a 17year old girl born 12 July 1997 in Mingora, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Yousafzai's advocacy has since grown into an international movement.
At age 11–12, In 3rd January 2009, Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pen name for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban occupation, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls in the Swat Valley.

View her blog posts.........

“I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taleban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taleban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.

Only 11 out of 27 pupils attended the class because the number decreased because of the Taliban's edict. My three friends have shifted to Peshawar, Lahore and Rawalpindi with their families after this edict.”

Malala Yousafzai, 3 January 2009 BBC blog entry

The following summer, journalist Adam B. Ellick made a New York Times documentary about her life, which led to the Second Battle of Swat as the Pakistani military intervened in the region. Yousafzai rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by South African activist Desmond Tutu.

“It seems that it is only when dozens of schools have been destroyed and hundreds others closed down that the army thinks about protecting them. Had they conducted their operations here properly, this situation would not have arisen”

Malala Yousafzai 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry

“I have a new dream ... I must be a politician to save this country. There are so many crises in our country. I want to remove these crises.”

Malala Yousafzai Class Dismissed (documentary)

“I am convinced Socialism is the only answer and I urge all comrades to take this struggle to a victorious conclusion. Only this will free us from the chains of bigotry and exploitation.”

Malala Yousafzai's message to the 32nd congress of the Pakistani section of IMT

“I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right.”
Malala Yousafzai envisioning a confrontation with the Taliban

On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Malala boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat. A gunman asked for her by name, then pointed a pistol at her and fired three shots. One bullet hit the left side of Malala's forehead, traveled under her skin through  her face, and then went into her shoulder. She remained unconscious days following the attack, and in critical condition, but later her condition improved enough for her to be sent to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, for intensive rehabilitation.








Graphic image of how the bullet traveled..........

 












On 12 October, a group of 50 Islamic clerics in Pakistan issued a fatwā (legal opinions) against those who tried to kill her, but the Taliban reiterated their intent to kill malala and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai.





Ziauddin Yousafzai(Malala's father)



The assassination attempt sparked a national and international outpouring of support for Yousafzai.

CONTRIBUTIONS.

United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown launched a UN petition in Yousafzai's name, using the slogan "I am Malala" and demanding that all children worldwide be in school by the end of 2015 – a petition which led to the ratification of Pakistan's first Right to Education Bill. In the 29 April 2013 issue of Time magazine, Yousafzai Malala was featured on the magazine's front cover and as one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World". She was the winner of Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize. Visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai to view all her achievements and contributions.

 

LESSONS DERIVED FROM MALALA YOUSAFZAI

• Stand up for what you believe in even in the midst of adversity and the truth will surely prevail.
• Say what you mean and mean what you say.
• Be determined and focused.