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Malala Yousaszai Analysis

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Malala Yousaszai was born on July 12th 1997 in Mingora Pakistan. Malala parents are Tor Pekai Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai and her two younger brothers Khushal Yousafzai and Atal Yousafzai. Malala attended Khushal public school in 2012 and went to high school at Edgbaston high school. When the Islamic fundamentalist political movement took over the swat valley where malala lived, they banned every girl from attending school. But Malala stood up to what she believes in and refused to be silent about her rights to have an education. Sadly her actions were soon dealt with when she was shot in the head on her way home from school. They believed Malala wasn’t going to survive with her injury, but by miracle she made a full recovery. After that fatal incident, Malala became an activist for females to have rights to an education, and published many books explaining her rights to have an education, women’s rights and the …show more content…
In the letter they explained the reasons for the assassination attempt, clearly stating that she was targeted clearly stating that she was targeted because they believed that she was running a smearing campaign against education. These actions were taken seriously by the Taliban, as they recruited a gunman to kill Malala. The gunman took a ride on the school bus along with Malala and her friends, as he found Malala sitting with her friends, he brought out his gun and shot her on the left side of her head which then travelled straight down into her shoulder. Malala was then flown to a military hospital in Peshawar, where they took a chunk of her skull out to reduce the swelling. For further treatment she was transferred to Birmingham in England, later taking Malala out of the medically induced coma, where she underwent multiple

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