Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating for girls' education. Though young, the attack made her more resolute in her cause. In a speech after the shooting, she expressed no hatred for her shooter and advocated nonviolence and education over revenge or further conflict. She encourages using knowledge and words, rather than violence, to overcome issues like terrorism, illiteracy, and poverty.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating for girls' education. Though young, the attack made her more resolute in her cause. In a speech after the shooting, she expressed no hatred for her shooter and advocated nonviolence and education over revenge or further conflict. She encourages using knowledge and words, rather than violence, to overcome issues like terrorism, illiteracy, and poverty.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating for girls' education. Though young, the attack made her more resolute in her cause. In a speech after the shooting, she expressed no hatred for her shooter and advocated nonviolence and education over revenge or further conflict. She encourages using knowledge and words, rather than violence, to overcome issues like terrorism, illiteracy, and poverty.
”One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.”
Malala Yousafzai is (born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley,
Pakistan), Pakistani activist and a stalwart lady who actually stood against the terrorist for the rights of the teenagers and spoke out publicly against the prohibition on the education of girls that was imposed by the Pakistani Terrorists (Taliban). The speaker is Malala Yousafzai, was shot by Taliban in October 2012. The terrorist attack made her strong person although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of shot. She has a very pure heart expressing that she has no hatred towards the shooter who shot her and also doesn’t think about taking action against the Taliban. She then says,” Malala day is not my day. It is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights and dignity.” Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured. She is just one of them. She then mentions a wise saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword." She apprises the philosophy of nonviolence that she learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan, Gautam Buddha and Mother Teresa saying that, “This is the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother. This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone”. Lastly she concludes by encouraging everyone to raise voice against the violence, illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. She mentions that our books pen and the knowledge is the most powerful weapon. We are unstoppable and the strength of our words is phenomenal and also “Education always comes first”.