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Again! Now I would like to tell you guys about Malala Yousafzai who I think is
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Malala Yousafzai
As a young girl,
Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be
allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman
in 2012, but survived and went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Synopsis
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora,
Pakistan. As a child, she became an advocate for girls' education, which
resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012,
a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school. She survived, and
has continued to speak out on the importance of education. She was nominated
for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated again
and won, becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora,
Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley. For the first few years of her
life, her hometown remained a popular tourist spot that was known for its
summer festivals. However, the area began to change as the Taliban tried to
take control.
Yousafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin
Yousafzai, had founded. 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.
Targeted
by the Taliban
When
she was 14, Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death
threat against her. Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her
father an anti Taliban activist she and her family initially felt that the
fundamentalist group would not actually harm a child.
On
October 9, 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was
riding in 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.
After the Attack
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. She gave a speech at the United Nations on her
16th birthday, in 2013. She has also written an autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education
and Was Shot by the Taliban, which was released in October 2013.
Unfortunately, the Taliban still considers Yousafzai a target.
Despite the Taliban's threats, Yousafzai remains a staunch advocate for
the power of education.
1.
How old is Malala now?
A.
19
B. 18
C. 20
D. 21
E. 17
2.
What is the name Malala used as a BBC
blogger to hide her identity?
A. Yousafzai
B. Mingora
C.
Gul
Makai
D. Taliban
E. Swat
Valley
3.
In what country did Malala and her
family live?
A. Afghanistan
B. Iran
C. Irak
D.
Pakistan
E. Saudi
Arabia
4.
After
Malala was shot, what foreign country was she transported to during her
recovery?
A. USA
B.
England
C. France
D. Italy
E. Russia
5.
The
shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Yousafzai,
which continued during her recovery.
The
Anthonym of the underlined word is?
A. Leakage
B. Gush
C. Cascade
D. Downrush
E.
Flux
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me! Thank you for reading this blog.
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