Tarka the Duck
16th October 2012, 19:07
Malala Yousafzai is the 14 year old school girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan, while returning home on the school bus last Tuesday. She is currently in the UK, receiving treatment at a specialist trauma unit.
Until I started to do some background reading, I had no idea how passionate and dedicated this girl is. Apparently, she is well known for her women’s rights activism in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban has at times banned girls from attending school. She's been writing a blog for BBC Urdu since 2009.
This is from Wikipedia:
In early 2009, at the age of 11, Yousafzai came to prominence through a blog she wrote for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls. The following summer, a New York Times documentary was filmed about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in the Second Battle of Swat. Yousafzai began to rise in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and taking a position as chairperson of the District Child Assembly Swat. She has since been nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize and has won Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
Link to video (click to see) (http://p.nowthisnews.com/entry/189/)
Here is a video interview shot in 2009.
In it, she describes life under the Pakistan Taliban when they controlled her home town in the Swat Valley and reveals her own manifesto for peace.
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, who once aspired to be a doctor, but has since said she will dedicate her life to becoming a politician for her country.
Quite a girl. I feel humbled.
Until I started to do some background reading, I had no idea how passionate and dedicated this girl is. Apparently, she is well known for her women’s rights activism in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban has at times banned girls from attending school. She's been writing a blog for BBC Urdu since 2009.
This is from Wikipedia:
In early 2009, at the age of 11, Yousafzai came to prominence through a blog she wrote for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for girls. The following summer, a New York Times documentary was filmed about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in the Second Battle of Swat. Yousafzai began to rise in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and taking a position as chairperson of the District Child Assembly Swat. She has since been nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize and has won Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
Link to video (click to see) (http://p.nowthisnews.com/entry/189/)
Here is a video interview shot in 2009.
In it, she describes life under the Pakistan Taliban when they controlled her home town in the Swat Valley and reveals her own manifesto for peace.
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, who once aspired to be a doctor, but has since said she will dedicate her life to becoming a politician for her country.
Quite a girl. I feel humbled.