1. Malala Yousafzai
A Brave Girl from PAKISTAN
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2. Who is Malala?
Malala Yousafzai is a
school student and
education activist from
PAKISTAN.
She lives in Swat District
of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
province.
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3. Who is Malala?
She is known for her
activism for women's
rights and education in
the Swat Valley.
In Swat valley, Taliban had
at times banned girls
from attending school.
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4. Who is Malala?
In early 2009, Malala
Yousafzai wrote a blog
under a pseudonym for
the BBC detailing her She told the world
life under Taliban rule & that "my real
her views on promoting name means
education for girls. 'grief stricken.'"
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5. Who is Malala?
The following summer of
2009, a New York Times
documentary was filmed
New York Times
about her life as the
documentary was
Pakistani military came
filmed by:
between in the region,
culminating in the Second
Adam B. Ellick
Battle of Swat.
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6. Who is Malala?
Malala Yousafzai began to
rise in prominence, giving
interviews in prints and
on television and taking a
position as chairperson of
the District Child
Assembly Swat.
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7. Who is Malala? (Family)
She has two younger
brothers.
Her father, who ran a
number of schools in the
region, is an education
activist.
Her mother.
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8. Who is Malala?
She once stated to an
interviewer that she
would like to become a
doctor. She may have
wanted to be a pilot.
Her father encouraged her
to become a politician
instead.
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9. Who is Malala?
Malala Yousafzai was
inclined to this direction
by the support of her
father Ziauddin
Yousafzai .
Her father is a poet, school
owner(chains of school)
and an educational
activist himself.
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10. Who is Malala?
Her father Ziauddin
supported her as
permitting her to stay up
at night and talk about
politics after her two
brothers had been sent
to bed.
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11. Who is Malala?
Malala initially started
speaking about She Said:
education rights as early "How dare the
as September 2008. Her Taliban take
father took her to away my basic
Peshawar to speak at right to
the local press club. education?"
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12. Recent Incident:
On 9 October 2012, Malala
Yousafzai was shot in the
head and neck by Taliban
gunmen while returning
home on a school bus in
an assassination attempt.
Two other girls were injured
too.
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13. Recent Incident:
Malala was immediately
airlifted to Peshawar
where a bullet near her
spinal cord was extracted
in an operation of three-
four hours.
She was later taken to
London's Queen Elizabeth
Hospital Birmingham.
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14. Recent Incident:
In the days immediately
following the attack, she
remained unconscious
and in critical condition,
but later her condition
improved enough for her
to be sent to a hospital in
the United Kingdom for
intensive rehabilitation.
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15. Recent Incident:
Her father, Ziauddin
Yousafzai, has said she
will go back to Pakistan
when she recovers and
the fight of a Pashtun girl
against Taliban for
women’s education is not
going to end.
Pashtun people are Ethnic
Afghans or the Pathans.
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16. Malala’s Prominence:
She took position as
chairperson of the
District Child Assembly
Swat.
She has won Pakistan's
first National Youth
Peace Prize.
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17. Malala’s Prominence:
In October 2011, at the age
of 14, she was nominated
by Bishop Desmond Tutu
for the International
Children's Peace Prize.
UN secretary general Ban Bishop Desmond Tutu
Ki-Moon has announced
that November 10 will be
celebrated as Malala Day
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18. Malala’s Prominence:
A number of individuals all
around the world,
including the Canadian
Minister of Citizenship,
are supporting a petition
to nominate Malala
Yousafzai for the Nobel
Peace Prize.
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19. Why She was Shot?
She spoke for the right of
children, of girls, in a
part of the world i.e.
Pakistan where many
people believe that
women must neither be
seen nor heard.
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20. Why She was Shot?
Her fearless voice
advocating for girls'
education and speaking
against an extremely
cruel and wicked
Taliban proved to be
more stronger and
louder than people far
older than her.
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21. Why She was Shot?
Many young girls in any
part of the world share
such dreams of getting
educated. But they are
not shot in the head and
neck for it. Pakistan's
Malala Yousafzai, all of
15, was shot by Taliban
gunmen.
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22. Consequences:
Former British Prime
Minister and current UN
Special Envoy for Global
Education Gordon
Brown demanded that
all children worldwide be
in school by the end of
2015. Gordon Brown
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23. Consequences:
Malala's father was
eventually forced to close
down his school and the
family had to run away
from the Swat valley for
some time.
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24. Girls at 15:
What other girls at the age
of 15 do?
They simply watch
television, play games,
join hobby classes, all the
time busy in chatting with
friends, roaming with their
friends, they play as cheer
girls at school sports.
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25. Malala at 15:
What Malala did at 15?
She spoke for the right of
education for girls. She
raised her voice against
the wicked group
TALIBAN. She raised voice
which was much louder
than the adults also.
She was shot on October 9,
2012
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26. What is Jihad?
Jihad is the Arabic word
which can be translated
as "struggle" or "effort,"
or "to strive," "to exert,"
"to fight," depending on
the context.
Jihad" is considered to be
every Muslim's duty.
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27. What is Taliban?
The organisation was
founded by an extremely
mysterious person Mullah
Mohammed Omar, who
went into hiding in 2001
after the organisation's
fall from power.
Mullah Mohammed Omar
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28. What is Taliban?
The Taliban or Taleban is a
Sunni Muslim movement
dominated by people with
Pashtun ethnic identity
which controlled Afghanis-
tan from 1996 until 2001.
Members of the Taliban
were originally religious
students
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29. What is Taliban?
After the attacks of
September 11, 2001 the
Taliban were overthrown
by the America.
It still has active members,
including people from
other parts of the world
to support its work to
bring them to justice for
human rights violations.
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30. What is Taliban?
It is not the same as Al
Qaeda. Al Qaeda will use
the Taliban as a host. The
Taliban is strictly an
Afghan entity.
The Taliban's purpose is to
establish a fundamentalist
religious foundation for
Afghanistan movement.
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31. What is Taliban?
According to the United
Nations, the Taliban and
their allies were
responsible for 75% of
Afghan civilian casualties
in 2010 and 80% in 2011.
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32. Reactions:
The World Unites for Malala
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33. Reactions:
• “The extremists attacked
Malala because they were
scared of the power of her
vision,” "Malala is a voice
of those who stand for
women’s education, a
right guaranteed under
the Constitution of Raja Pervez Ashraf
(Pakistan Prime
Pakistan and ordained by Minister)
Islamic teachings.”
-
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34. Reactions:
“I am proud of my nation as
we always stand united
together in all our
difficult moments.
Terrorists are nether
Pakistani nor Muslim” Rehman Malik
“She is a symbol of courage (Pakistani Politician)
and determination
against the forces of
extremist ideology.”
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35. Reactions:
Swat Taliban Siraj Uddin
just called my friend to
say they will target Zia
(her father) Yousafzai
and her brothers.
The New York Times’s
Adam B. Ellick`s tweet.
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36. Reactions:
“Malala Yousafzai is a
global symbol of every
girl’s right to an
education”
Ban Ki-moon
(UN Secretary-General)
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37. Reactions:
“She is in our prayers,”.
“Malala’s courage inspires
us to reinforce our
commitment to rejecting
ideologies rooted in
intolerance and
extremism” Sheikh Abdullah bin
Zayed al-Nahayan
(The UAE’s Foreign
Minister)
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38. Reactions:
“Through such acts the
militants had shown their
real face to the world.”
“Taliban would never
succeed in shaking the
resolve of the people and
the government to
Asif Ali Zardari
confront the menace (Pakistan President )
head on”
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39. Reactions:
"Laureen and I are pleased to
support Malala Yousafzai, a
determined young woman
who has done so much to
promote education and
women's rights in her
native Pakistan. All
Canadians salute her Stephen Harper
courage and tenacity and (Prime Minister,
Canada)
wish her well in her
recovery”
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40. Reactions:
“Malala has won laurels for
Pakistan all over the
world by playing a
leading role at such an
early age.”
Shahbaz Sharif
(Punjab Chief Minister)
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41. Reactions:
“A girl’s courage challenges
us to act”
Laura Bush
(Wife of the 43rd
President of the United
States, George W. Bush)
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42. Reactions:
• “We will defeat terrorism,
Malala”
Hamid Mir
(Pakistan Journalist)
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43. Reactions:
“Attack on Malala tragic”
Barack Hussein Obama
(President, U.S.A.)
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44. Reactions:
“This is historical day and
initiative and would
help to promote
education, especially
female education in
Pakistan.”
Dr Khalid Aftab Sulehri
(Chief, IHRO)
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45. Reactions:
Hillay Clinton praised her as
“very brave”
“attack reminds us of the
challenges that girls face,
whether it is poverty or
marginalisation or even
violence just for speaking
Hillary Clinton
out for their basic rights." (United States Secretary
of State)
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46. Sources
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47. Sources:
Tens of thousands want
Malala to get a Nobel
Prize
Nearly 90,000 people have Washington Post
signed a petition pushing for a Posted by: Olga Khazan
Nobel Peace Prize nomination November 9, 2012
for Malala Yousafzai, the 15-
year-old who was shot by the
Taliban while campaigning for
girls’ education in Pakistan.
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48. Sources:
A girl’s courage challenges
us to act
On Tuesday afternoon, Malala
Yousafzai was a 14-year-old Washington Post
girl riding home on a school By Laura Bush,
bus. Now, after a masked Published: October 11
gunman apparently boarded
her bus, asked for her by
name and shot her in the
head and neck, she is fighting
for her life
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49. Sources:
The Taliban’s cowardly act
ON TUESDAY, Pakistani Taliban
thugs tried to assassinate a 14-
year-old girl. Masked gunmen
Washington Post
from the ultra-purist Islamist
By Editorial Board,
group stormed a van full of Published: October 11
schoolchildren in an effort to
kill Malala Yousafzai who has
won international acclaim for
going to school in defiance of
Taliban…
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50. Interview with 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai
“I’m really bored because I have no
books to read,” she said.
“I think that when I will go to Swat,
first I will go to see my [book]
bag.” Washington Post
She also told Ellick about her plans By Olga Khazan,
to change Pakistan’s path: Published: October 10
“I thought that I must be a
politician to change our country.
There are so many crises in this
country...and I want to save my
country.”
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51. Sources:
Malala, clinging to life after
attack, exemplifies
International Day of the
Girl Child Washington Post
As the world today celebrates By Jamila Bey,
Published: October 11
the first ever International
Day of the Girl Child, one of
the most exemplary examples
of girlhood fights for her life in
a Peshawar, Pakistan military
hospital.
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52. Sources:
Shot Pakistani schoolgirl
Malala Yousafzai arrives
in UK for treatment
The Pakistani schoolgirl shot in The Times
the head by the Taliban for By Martin Barrow,
promoting girls’ education Published: October 15
arrived in Britain for
treatment yesterday.
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53. Sources:
Mood after Malala
Yousafzai’s shooting has
not lasted
The wave of revulsion that The Times
followed the shooting of By Francis Elliott ,
Malala Yousafzai sparked Published: October 18
hope that Pakistan’s military
might finally launch an
operation to clear North
Waziristan of militants.
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54. Sources:
Shot schoolgirl Malala
Yousafzai ‘standing up’,
say doctors
The 15-year-old Pakistani The Times
schoolgirl shot in the head by By Philippe Naughton,
Taleban gunmen has been able Published: October 19
to stand with help for the first
time and is communicating by
writing notes, her doctors in
Birmingham said today.
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55. Sources:
I’m next on Taliban hit list
after Malala Yousafzai,
says teenage education
activist The Times
Islamabad may be a city under By Robin Pagnamenta,
Published: October 24
siege but outside this
frightened family’s house
there are no armed guards, no
soldiers, no police — just an
open metal gate daubed with
a large red cross.
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56. Sources:
‘Improving’ Malala
reunited with her family
The Taliban shooting of Malala
Yousafzai was a “turning The Times
point” for Pakistan, uniting By Sadie Gray,
people of all faiths in their Published: October 27
revulsion at the attack, her
father said today.
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57. Sources:
UN: November 10 declared
'Malala Day‘
The United Nations has declared
November 10 as 'Malala Day' Hindustan Times
in honour of Pakistani teenage United Nations,
rights activist Malala Yousafzai, Published: November 10
who was shot in the head by
the Taliban in October for
campaigning for girls'
education.
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58. Sources:
Pak teenager Malala
chosen for bravery award
Pakistani girl Malala Yousafzai,
who became the face of her Hindustan Times
country's struggle against the London,
Taliban, has been awarded Published: November 20
for her bravery and
advocation of education for
girls in adverse conditions in
Swat
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59. Sources:
Malala sixth on 'global
thinkers' list
Pakistan's teenaged rights
activist Malala Yousafzai, who Hindustan Times
was shot by the Taliban for Islamabad,
standing up against the terror Published: November 26
outfit and pushing for
education for girls, has been
ranked sixth by Foreign Policy
magazine in its top 100 global
thinkers list.
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60. Sources:
Blast near home of Malala's
friend, one killed
A bomb went off in northwest
Pakistan on Tuesday near the Hindustan Times
home of a girl who was Islamabad,
injured in the Taliban attack Published: December 4
on teenage rights activist
Malala Yousafzai, killing a
woman and injuring seven
others.
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61. Sources:
'An icon of courage':
Shooting of Pakistani girl,
14, who championed
female education, Daily Mail
prompts anti-Taliban By Sara Malm,
protests across the Published: October 9
country
Protests spread across Pakistan
today in response to the
shooting of 14-year-old Malala
Yousafzai by a Taliban assassin
which left her fighting for life.
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62. Sources:
'I miss her': Malala's best
friend continues her
heroine's fight for girls'
education Daily Mail
The best friend of Taliban By Daily Mail Reporter,
Published: November 1
shooting victim Malala
Yousafzai has said she is
praying for her school friend
and is calling for more
education for girls in Pakistan.
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63. Sources:
Taliban shooting victim
Malala, 15, is set to make
Britain her permanent
home after having a Daily Mail
bullet removed from her By Daily Mail Reporter,
Published: November 24
spine
The teenage girl shot by the
Taliban for speaking out
against militants in Pakistan is
expected to make Britain her
permanent home.
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64. A Presentation By:
Neeraj Bhatia (Ni@j)
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65. Credits:
Guided and Supported By:
Mr. Santosh Kalra
Web Access:
Mr. Ashish Bhatia
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