Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the Swat Valley region. In Malala's childhood, her hometown was a powerful tourist attraction attraction that was known for summer festivals. However, the area began to change when the Taliban gained control over it.
Yousafzai attended the school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai had established. But soon, the Taliban started attacking girls and women for various reasons including pursuing an education. Although the Taliban banned girls from attending school, Yousafzai kept studying on her own. In order to reopen the girls' school, she became a women's rights activist and children's activist.
Yousafzai attended the school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai had established. But soon, the Taliban started attacking girls and women for various reasons including pursuing an education. Although the Taliban banned girls from attending school, Yousafzai kept studying on her own. In order to reopen the girls' school, she became a women's rights activist and children's activist.
"They cannot stop me. I will get my education, if it is in home, school or any place. This is our request to the all world that save our schools, save our world, save our Pakistan. Save our Swat. "
-Malala Yousafzai
Inspiration from Ziaudiin Yousafzai, Malala's Father
In conventional Pakistani society, female illiteracy is so high that even Malala's mother just began learning how to read. Ziaudiin wanted to alter this tendency, so he founded the Khushal Public School for girls in Mingora. Soon after Malala's birth, her father entered her name on
the family register, an unprecedented move in a male-dominated society that
only recognizes sons. He also accepted Malala to school when she was four years old.
"I have five sisters, and none of them could go to school. What my father could not give to my sisters and to his daughters, I thought I must change it." "The Taliban wanted to negate our right to culture, music, poetry, and education, and to impose their culture on us." |
"But I see a great potential in my daughter, that she can do more than a doctor. She can create a society where a medicial student would be easily able to get her doctorate degree." |