Hi everyone, welcome back
to our blog! I'm Giorgia R. and today I would like to talk about Malala Yousafzai, a female
education activist who stood up to the Talibans, survived an assassination
attempt and became the youngest person
ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
But What about her life? What did she do to
make a change in the world?
Malala was
born in the Swat region of Pakistan,
where she grew up. Her parents were
determined to give her every opportunity a son
would have, starting with an EDUCATION. But then, in 2007, Swat Valley, one of
Pakistan’s most beautiful regions, was taken over by the Talibans. Life under
the Talibans was difficult and women were discouraged from getting an
education. Malala’s father, an educator
who ran a number of private schools for girls, attempted to educate girls under
the radar. Later the Talibans officially
banned girls from going to school. In
2009 Malala started blogging for
the BBC under a pen-name, chronicling her life under the Taliban
regime. The New York Times made a short documentary
about her and she publicy campaigned for girls
to go to school. But this put
Malala in the limelight sparking the Talibans to target her. In 2012 she was shot in the head and shoulder.
