Malala Yousafzai: A Normal Yet Powerful Girl PDF

‭ alala‬‭Yousafzai:‬ M ‭A‬‭Normal‬‭Yet‬‭Powerful‬‭Girl‬ ‭By‬‭NPR‬‭Staff‬‭2013‬ ‭ alala‬‭Yousafzai‬‭(born‬‭1997)‬‭is‬‭a‬‭Pakistani‬‭activist‬‭for‬‭female‬‭education‬‭and‬‭t...

‭ alala‬‭Yousafzai:‬ M ‭A‬‭Normal‬‭Yet‬‭Powerful‬‭Girl‬ ‭By‬‭NPR‬‭Staff‬‭2013‬ ‭ alala‬‭Yousafzai‬‭(born‬‭1997)‬‭is‬‭a‬‭Pakistani‬‭activist‬‭for‬‭female‬‭education‬‭and‬‭the‬ M ‭youngest‬‭ever‬‭winner‬‭of‬‭the‬‭Nobel‬‭Peace‬‭Prize.‬‭Malala‬‭is‬‭from‬‭the‬‭Swat‬‭Valley‬‭in‬ ‭northwest‬‭Pakistan,‬‭where‬‭the‬‭local‬‭Taliban‬‭has‬‭banned‬‭girls‬‭from‬‭attending‬ ‭school.‬‭Malala,‬‭whose‬‭family‬‭ran‬‭a‬‭chain‬‭of‬‭local‬‭schools,‬‭publicly‬‭stood‬‭against‬ ‭the‬‭Taliban's‬‭actions‬‭and‬‭launched‬‭an‬‭international‬‭movement.‬‭On‬‭October‬‭9th,‬ ‭2012,‬‭a‬‭gunman‬‭from‬‭the‬‭Taliban‬‭boarded‬‭a‬‭school‬‭bus‬‭and‬‭shot‬‭her‬‭in‬‭the‬‭head.‬ ‭Malala‬‭remained‬‭in‬‭critical‬‭condition‬‭in‬‭the‬‭days‬‭following‬‭the‬‭attack,‬‭but‬‭survived.‬ ‭Since‬‭then,‬‭she‬‭has‬‭continued‬‭to‬‭advocate‬‭internationally‬‭for‬‭women's‬‭education.‬ ‭As‬‭you‬‭read,‬‭consider‬‭what‬‭drove‬‭Malala‬‭to‬‭overcome‬‭tremendous‬‭adversity.‬ “‭ I‬‭think‬‭Malala‬‭is‬‭an‬‭average‬‭girl,”‬‭Ziauddin‬‭Yousafzai‬‭says‬‭about‬‭the‬‭16-year-old‬ ‭Pakistani‬‭girl‬‭who‬‭captured‬‭the‬‭world’s‬‭attention‬‭after‬‭being‬‭shot‬‭by‬‭the‬‭Taliban,‬ ‭“but‬‭there’s‬‭something‬‭extraordinary‬‭about‬‭her.”‬ ‭ ‬‭teacher‬‭himself,‬‭Yousafzai‬‭inspired‬‭his‬‭daughter’s‬‭fight‬‭to‬‭be‬‭educated.‬‭At‬‭a‬ A ‭special‬‭special‬‭event‬‭with‬‭Malala‬‭in‬‭Washington,‬‭D.C.,‬‭he‬‭tells‬‭NPR’s‬‭Michel‬ ‭Martin‬‭that‬‭he‬‭is‬‭often‬‭asked‬‭what‬‭training‬‭he‬‭gave‬‭to‬‭his‬‭daughter.‬‭“I‬‭usually‬‭tell‬ ‭people,‬‭‘You‬‭should‬‭not‬‭ask‬‭me‬‭what‬‭I‬‭have‬‭done.‬‭Rather‬‭you‬‭ask‬‭me,‬‭what‬‭I‬‭did‬ ‭not‬‭do,’”‬‭he‬‭says.‬‭“I‬‭did‬‭not‬‭clip‬‭her‬‭wings‬‭to‬‭fly.‬‭I‬‭did‬‭not‬‭stop‬‭her‬‭from‬‭flying.‬ ”‭ ‬‭Yousafzai‬‭has‬‭this‬‭advice‬‭for‬‭parents‬‭of‬‭girls‬‭around‬‭the‬‭world:‬‭“Trust‬‭your‬ ‭daughters,‬‭they‬‭are‬‭faithful.‬‭Honor‬‭your‬‭daughters,‬‭they‬‭are‬‭honorable.‬‭And‬ ‭educate‬‭your‬‭daughters,‬‭they‬‭are‬‭amazing.”‬ ‭ ‬‭year‬‭after‬‭being‬‭shot,‬‭Malala‬‭is‬‭clear‬‭about‬‭her‬‭goal.‬‭“I‬‭speak‬‭for‬‭education‬‭of‬ A ‭every‬‭child,‬‭in‬‭every‬‭corner‬‭of‬‭the‬‭world,”‬‭Malala‬‭says.‬‭“There‬‭has‬‭been‬‭a‬ ‭discrimination‬‭in‬‭our‬‭society,”‬‭which‬‭she‬‭believes‬‭must‬‭be‬‭defeated.‬‭“We‬‭women‬ ‭are‬‭going‬‭to‬‭bring‬‭change.‬‭We‬‭are‬‭speaking‬‭up‬‭for‬‭girls’‬‭rights,‬‭but‬‭we‬‭must‬‭not‬ ‭behave‬‭like‬‭men,‬‭like‬‭they‬‭have‬‭done‬‭in‬‭the‬‭past.”‬ ‭ erhaps‬‭she‬‭has‬‭learned‬‭from‬‭her‬‭father’s‬‭experience.‬‭When‬‭asked‬‭what‬‭gave‬ P ‭him‬‭a‬‭passion‬‭for‬‭girls’‬‭education,‬‭Yousafzai‬‭points‬‭out‬‭that‬‭he‬‭was‬‭“born‬‭in‬‭a‬ ‭ ociety‬‭where‬‭girls‬‭are‬‭ignored.”‬‭Living‬‭with‬‭five‬‭sisters,‬‭he‬‭was‬‭sensitive‬‭to‬ s ‭discrimination‬‭from‬‭an‬‭early‬‭age.‬‭“In‬‭the‬‭morning,‬‭I‬‭was‬‭used‬‭to‬‭milk‬‭and‬‭cream,‬ ‭and‬‭my‬‭sisters‬‭were‬‭given‬‭only‬‭tea,”‬‭he‬‭says.‬ ‭ ousafzai‬‭felt‬‭the‬‭injustice3‬‭even‬‭more‬‭when‬‭Malala‬‭was‬‭born.‬‭He‬‭later‬‭opened‬‭a‬ Y ‭school‬‭that‬‭Malala‬‭attended‬‭in‬‭the‬‭Swat‬‭Valley.‬‭At‬‭the‬‭time,‬‭the‬‭Taliban’s‬ ‭influence‬‭was‬‭gaining‬‭power‬‭and‬‭both‬‭Yousafzais‬‭were‬‭firmly‬‭on‬‭their‬‭radar.‬ ‭“But‬ ‭we‬‭thought‬‭that‬‭even‬‭terrorists‬‭might‬‭have‬‭some‬‭ethics,”‬‭Yousafzai‬‭says.‬ ‭“Because‬‭they‬‭destroyed‬‭some‬‭1,500‬‭schools‬‭but‬‭they‬‭never‬‭injured‬‭a‬‭child.‬‭And‬ ‭she‬‭was‬‭a‬‭child.”‬ ‭ alala‬‭says‬‭that‬‭the‬‭shooting‬‭has‬‭taken‬‭away‬‭her‬‭fear.‬‭“I‬‭have‬‭already‬‭seen‬ M ‭death‬‭and‬‭I‬‭know‬‭that‬‭death‬‭is‬‭supporting‬‭me‬‭in‬‭my‬‭cause‬‭of‬‭education.‬‭Death‬ ‭does‬‭not‬‭want‬‭to‬‭kill‬‭me,”‬‭she‬‭says.‬‭“Before‬‭this‬‭attack,‬‭I‬‭might‬‭have‬‭been‬‭a‬‭little‬ ‭bit‬‭afraid‬‭how‬‭death‬‭would‬‭be.‬‭Now‬‭I’m‬‭not,‬‭because‬‭I‬‭have‬‭experienced‬‭it.”‬ ‭ hen‬‭asked‬‭if‬‭she‬‭is‬‭having‬‭any‬‭fun‬‭now‬‭with‬‭all‬‭her‬‭campaigning,‬‭Malala‬ W ‭laughs,‬‭“It’s‬‭a‬‭very‬‭nice‬‭question.‬‭I‬‭miss‬‭those‬‭days.”‬‭But‬‭she‬‭also‬‭says‬‭that‬‭there‬ ‭is‬‭another‬‭side‬‭to‬‭her‬‭than‬‭what‬‭is‬‭shown‬‭in‬‭the‬‭media.‬‭“Outside‬‭of‬‭my‬‭home,‬‭I‬ ‭look‬‭like‬‭a‬‭very‬‭obedient,‬‭very‬‭serious,‬‭very‬‭good‬‭kind‬‭of‬‭girl,‬‭but‬‭nobody‬‭knows‬ ‭what‬‭happens‬‭inside‬‭the‬‭house.”‬‭There,‬‭she‬‭says,‬‭she’s‬‭not‬‭naughty,‬‭but‬‭she‬‭has‬ ‭to‬‭stand‬‭up‬‭to‬‭her‬‭brothers.‬‭“It’s‬‭good‬‭to‬‭fight‬‭with‬‭your‬‭brothers‬‭and‬‭it’s‬‭good‬‭to‬ ‭tease‬‭them‬‭to‬‭give‬‭them‬‭advice.”‬ ‭ he‬‭says‬‭her‬‭little‬‭brother‬‭doesn’t‬‭really‬‭understand‬‭why‬‭his‬‭sister‬‭has‬‭so‬‭much‬ S ‭attention.‬‭“He‬‭said,‬‭‘Malala‬‭...‬‭I‬‭can’t‬‭understand‬‭why‬‭people‬‭are‬‭giving‬‭you‬ ‭prizes,‬‭and‬‭everywhere‬‭you‬‭go‬‭people‬‭say,‬‭‘This‬‭is‬‭Malala’‬‭and‬‭they‬‭give‬‭you‬ ‭awards,‬‭what‬‭have‬‭you‬‭done?’”‬‭she‬‭says.‬ ‭ alala‬‭knows‬‭the‬‭Taliban‬‭would‬‭still‬‭like‬‭to‬‭kill‬‭her,‬‭but‬‭she‬‭says‬‭she‬‭hopes‬‭to‬ M ‭return‬‭to‬‭Pakistan‬‭one‬‭day.‬‭“First,‬‭I‬‭need‬‭to‬‭empower‬‭myself‬‭with‬‭knowledge,‬‭with‬ ‭education.‬‭I‬‭need‬‭to‬‭work‬‭hard,”‬‭she‬‭says.‬‭“And‬‭when‬‭I‬‭[am]‬‭powerful,‬‭then‬‭I‬‭will‬ ‭go‬‭back‬‭to‬‭Pakistan,‬‭inshallah‬‭[God‬‭willing].”‬ ‭.‬‭The‬‭Taliban‬‭is‬‭an‬‭Islamic‬‭militant‬‭group‬‭based‬‭in‬‭Afghanistan‬‭and‬‭western‬‭Pakistan.‬ 1 ‭They‬‭are‬‭known‬‭around‬‭the‬‭world‬‭for‬‭their‬‭cruel‬‭punishment‬‭of‬‭citizens,‬‭their‬‭harsh‬ ‭treatment‬‭of‬‭women,‬‭and‬‭for‬‭their‬‭involvement‬‭in‬‭acts‬‭of‬‭terrorism.‬ ‭2.‬‭Discrimination‬‭(noun)‬‭the‬‭unjust‬‭or‬‭unfair‬‭treatment‬‭of‬‭people‬‭based‬‭upon‬‭race,‬ ‭gender,‬‭religion,‬‭age,‬‭etc.‬ ‭3.‬‭Injustice‬‭(noun)‬‭a‬‭lack‬‭of‬‭fairness‬‭or‬‭equality‬‭in‬‭a‬‭situation‬ ‭4.‬‭To‬‭be‬‭"on‬‭the‬‭radar"‬‭is‬‭a‬‭common‬‭expression‬‭meaning‬‭to‬‭be‬‭noticed‬‭or‬‭aware‬‭of‬ ‭5.‬‭Campaign‬‭(verb)‬‭to‬‭carry‬‭out‬‭a‬‭planned‬‭set‬‭of‬‭activities‬‭over‬‭a‬‭period‬‭of‬‭time‬‭in‬‭order‬ ‭to‬‭achieve‬‭a‬‭specific‬‭goal‬