People Who Inspired Me

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai  born 12 July 1997 is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement.

The most famous event for her that occurred recently was the Taliban shooting on October 9, 2012, when 15-year-old Malala was riding a bus with friends on their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet then traveled down her neck. Two other girls were also injured in the attack.

The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England.

Once she was in the United Kingdom, Yousafzai was taken out of a medically induced coma. Though she would require multiple surgeries—including repair of a facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her face — she had suffered no major brain damage. In March 2013, she was able to begin attending school in Birmingham.

The shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Yousafzai, which continued during her recovery. Unfortunately, the Taliban still considers Yousafzai a target, although Yousafzai remains a staunch advocate for the power of education.

Although Her bravery was remarkably astonishing it wasn't just an on the spot thought process,before she was already a well known activist giving speech about the women's rights in education for examples are like after the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"

In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year.

With a growing public platform, Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. That same year, she was awarded Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize.

Nine months after being shot by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday in 2013. Yousafzai highlighted her focus on education and women's rights, urging world leaders to change their policies.

Yousafzai said that following the attack, “the terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.”

She also urged action against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism:

“The extremists were, and they are, afraid of books and pens. The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women... Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons.”

In October 2014, at age 17 Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was awarded the Nobel along with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Malala was first nominated for the prize in 2013 but did not win; she was renominated in March 2014.

In congratulating Yousafzai, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: “She is (the) pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequaled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead from her struggle and commitment." Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described Malala as "a brave and gentle advocate of peace who, through the simple act of going to school, became a global teacher.”


Why She is my Inspiration?
In my own opinion, she inspires me because of her act for hope,that women too can also have the rights to learn in today education, that actually those people holding the potential back are afraid to see that we are actually powerful with knowledge, as the saying "Knowledge is power" will always be true in today's society




Questions
1. When was she born?
   a. 12 January 1997
   b. 12 July 1997
   c. 12 Juni 1997
   d. 12 February 1997
   c. 12 May 1997

2. What happened on the 9th October 2012?
   a. Taliban shooting
   b. Malala revealed as BBC blogger
   c. Malala recieved the youngest noble prize
   d. Malala recovered
   e. Speech at United Nation

3. When she awarded as Pakistan's National Youth Peace?
   a. 2010
   b. 2011
   c. 2012
   d. 2013
   e. 2015

4.  When she was able to begin attending school in Birmingham?
   a. 2010
   b. 2011
   c. 2012
   d. 2013
   e. 2014

5. Why Malala was my inspiration?
  a. Because she was beautiful
  b. Because she was shot by the Taliban
  c. Because she fought for women's education
  d. Because took pity of her
  e. Because I hate the Taliban extremist