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“I am Malala”
AN EMPOWERMENT PHRASE
aliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid
told AFP last week, “We attacked Malala
because she was used to speak against
Taliban and Islam and not because she was
going to school,” showing that for them, the idea of
Islamic reform is more threatening than education
for girls.
girls in developing countries a global priority. “I Am
Malala,” her recently published book, is a bold, frankly
told account of the problems faced by Pakistan as well
as the rest of the world when it comes to the radical
brand of Islam pushed forward by the Taliban.
She’s since addressed the UN General Assembly,
received the Children’s Peace Prize, the Sakharov
Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European
Parliament, appeared on the Daily Show, and is
currently in the running for the Nobel Peace Prize,
which will be announced on Friday. Her foundation,
the Malala Fund, works to make the education of
Malala is an inspiration to girls all over the world,
particularly young Muslim women who see her as an
example of what it means to be a strong, outspoken
advocate while still holding fast to the Islamic faith.
Islam doesn’t have to be a religion of seclusion or
oppression, and Malala is a bold manifestation of
that truth.
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Named after Afghanistan’s own version of Joan of
Arc, Malalai of Maiwand, there is a prophetic quality
It’s been just over one year since the Taliban’s bullet to Malala’s deeply held convictions that sits alongside
hit her point blank in the skull, but rather than her youthful innocence. Malalai is a Pashtun heroine
silencing her voice, the attempted murder only served who inspired an entire battlefield to turn a losing
to amplify her message of equality, opportunity, and battle into one of the worst defeats in the history of
moderate Islam.
the British army, giving her life for her country.
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