My Inspiration: Malala Yousafzai

" Dear sisters and brothers, the so-called world of adults may understand it, but we children don't. Why is it that countries which we call 'strong' are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?" - Malala Yousafzai

Who is Malala Yousafzai ?

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education advocate who, at the age of 17 in 2014, became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban. Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley. 

Yousafzai became an advocate for girls' education when she herself was still a child, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Yousafzai when she was traveling home from school. She survived and has continued to speak out on the importance of education. In 2013, she gave a speech to the United Nations and published her first book, I Am Malala. 

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.

Why She become my inspiration?

The reasons why she become my inspiration is because she is so powerful. She is so brave to speak up what she belief. In her native Pakistan, the 15 year old was already known for speaking out about her belief that all girls deserve an education. This near death experience propelled her onto the world stage as an advocate for girls’ education and gender equity. When briefly speaking of the shooting, she proclaimed, “the terrorist had made a big mistake.” She’s no longer terrified of what might happen to her. The experience made her more profoundly determined to fight for girls’ education and equality. Nothing was going to stop her.

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