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2012 : The most remarkable true story of a girl shot by the Taliban for wanting to go to school
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban
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It’s remarkable in every sense of the word. A young girl living in the Swat Valley shot in the head at point-blank range and all for wanting an education.
The cowards who shot her – the Taliban did not defeat this girl however for ever since she recovered, she has fought for other young girls to have their right to an education, and has shown the world how peaceful protest is not only possible but the only way forward.
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, 9 October 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price when she was shot in the head at point-blank range.
She is the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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This is not so much a journey across continents or cities although it is that too – but a journey of one young girl, one girl amongst thousands living in villages and towns across Pakistan who were living under the shadow of the Taliban back in 2012. Having to fight and hide in order to attend school a basic human right and vital if women are to live in an equal and progressive society, this young girl was not even stopped by the bullets of the bullies. She fought, she stood tall and eventually spoke on the issues and her experiences at the United Nations in New York.
A girl living amongst millions like her in pakistan in a remote and distant village in the swat valley proves that a speck in the ocean can be the brightest point on the horizon. Life under the Taliban is evoked in detail and from the eyes of a young girl, painfully haunting. The challenge of going to school, the harassment in the streets, the struggle to feed the family. Armed men walking the streets. Just horrific.
Her world changed that day as it did for so many like her. Now standing tall on the world stage, Malala has not only shown the important of education and books, she is now on the very pages of the history books herself.
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