Which one of you is Malala Yousafzai ?
Malala Yousafzai is a late teenager from the Swat valley of Pakistan,a region bordering northeast Afghanistan , a place defined by high mountain ,green meadows ,clear waters and bloody conflict. the age of 12 Malala was an activist. In 2009, she wrote a diary for BBC which described the atrocious deeds of the Taliban and advocated equal opportunities and Education for women .
In 2011, Malala was nominated for the International Children's Peace Price and in December of that year ,r eceived Pakistan's First National Youth Peace Prize for her efforts. She also received death threats .Malal was repeatedly warned by the Taliban to be silent and to immediately discontinue her public criticism and stop speaking out for the right of an obviously inferior gender . In the eyes of the Taliban,Malala and all women were to submit and accept their place in order of things But Malala was not silent .
She said “I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school .All I want is education and I am afraid of no one ” . On October 9th. 2012 ,as Malala Yousafzai and other girls students were riding home from school ,armed gunmen halted the vehicle and opened fire .The were asked who Malala is ,A Taliban threatened them "Speak up, otherwis, I will shoot you all". Two other girls were seriously wounded , Malala was shot in the head .At the age of 15 ,for the terrible crime of insisting that girls have the right to get an education to better themselves to break the cultural shackles which imprisoned them . Mala yousafazai was the enemy to the Pakistani Taliban ,To them her words were as dangerous as any weapon of warfare because her words challenged the order of things, because they insisted that fanatical men did not deserve to be the master of her world ,because they were spoken by a defiant ,free ,female voice.For this Pakistani Taliban declared a war on a little girl because she was the symbol of the infidels and Obscenity.But Malala did not die.
She escaped death by inches ,and her recovery has inspired millions across the planet .Among the first public photos of Malala’s recovery is the young Malala reading a book a symbol of the very education the Taliban wishes to deny .Schools have been renamed for her .Petitions for girls’ education are being circulated in her honor. And for the moment million eyes are opened to the brutal ,cowardly ,oppressive cultures that seek to keep women’s right ,to keep human rights, under their boot .Malala Yousafzai’s story is a compelling one. Unfortunately, it is not a new story.
Everyday, atrocities like this are committed around the world. And for thousands of years, tyrants have been terrified that those under their contro will rise up and weild the most dangerous weapon of all : an idea.
The world is in critical moment .The horrific act of violence and oppression charges us to take a long ,hard look at things and decide that we cannot, we will not stand quietly as our fellow human being are tortured and executed for the crime of thinking for themselves that we refuse to be threatened into submission . And that we will not stop fighting until those oppressed are physically and intellectually free.
Thank you ,Malala,for showing us how powerful a single voice can be for providing an Example of real courage and for reminding us that the fight for human right is not the responsibility of any person ,but is instead the responsibility of us
all , Nobel peace ptize winner 2014 Malala yousafzai is an international symbol of defiance against the Talibann in Pakistan .The deeply inspiring story of young Malala has been made into a documantery ‘He Named Me Malala ’