I am

ME2 – U2 - Trying Out

Teacher Marusha
What do you
know about
her?
Did you know she wrote a
blog under a pseudonym
for the BBC detailing her
life under the Taliban rules?
(In 2009 - she was 12 y.o.)

Did you know that she won

a Nobel peace prize in
2014 when she was 17?
 Malala Yousafzai, (born July 12, 1997,
Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan),
Pakistani activist who, while a
teenager, spoke out publicly against
the prohibition on the education of girls
that was imposed by the
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP;
sometimes called Pakistani Taliban).
She gained global attention when she
survived an assassination attempt at
age 15. In 2014 Yousafzai and Kailash
Satyarthi were jointly awarded the
Nobel Prize for Peace in recognition of
their efforts on behalf of children’s
rights.
 How does she say she felt after her
inci/accident?

She stopped feeling afraid of what

would happen to her because of her
fight for education. She also
mentions that her weakness, her fear
and her hopelessness died on the
day of her inci/accident.

What has encouraged her?

The love of people.

How did she word that her parents
helped her become who she is?

Her father gave her wings to fly

and her mother gave her strength
and courage to go forward.
 What did she do when she
discovered she had won a Nobel
Prize?

She decided to finish her school

day, once she fights for education,
and only after that she had press
interview and stuff.
Have you ever read this book?
What is it about (if you haven’t
read it, infer from the image)?

Do you agree that

disruption consequently
leads to growth?
 Why did Malala use the word
displaced instead of misplaced?

Displaced: having been forced

to leave your home, for example
by a war or dangerous event.

Misplaced: directed towards

someone or something wrongly
or in a way that does not show
good judgment.
Have you ever felt displaced?
Why? What happened?

The review writer describes

Malala’s book as stirring, why?
Have you ever had any stirring
moments in your life?

Stirring:
produces
strong, positive
emotions