Why Is Malala Yousafzai’s Story An Inspiration?

Malala stands for a variety of things to many individuals all around the world. She is an example of honesty, bravery, justice, and inclusivity. As a global leader in agitation for female education, she defends not only her own rights but those of others as well. Her tale is one to be inspired by and admired for.

Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Pakistan’s Swat area. Education had always run in her family; her father ran a private girls’ school nearby. The Taliban, however, seized control of the valley in 2007. She was initially permitted to attend school, but in 2009 harsh laws that forbade women from shopping and watching television were also put into effect. Almost 100 girls’ schools were bombed during this time, and beheadings and floggings became regular.

Malala placed a high value on education, so she attended an underground school in plain clothing and started blogging covertly for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban under the alias “Gul Makai ” in order to maintain her privacy. This generated Malala and her father became the focus of a New York Times documentary titled “Class Dismissed: Malala’s Tale,” which not only brought attention to the difficulties of the Swati people but also made the Yousafzai family a target for repeated threats of violence.

One bullet was used to shoot Malala; it passed through her neck and shoulder after traveling 18 inches (46 cm) from the side of her left eye.

Malala underwent surgery and recovered fully from the attack after being airlifted to the UK at the cost of the Pakistani government.

By carrying out this heinous assault, the Taliban gave Malala a voice and platform she had never had before. Malala became a well-known campaigner for women’s educational rights while still in her teenage years, routinely addressing world leaders and even speaking at the UN on her 16th birthday in 2013.

Malala became the youngest Nobel peace prize winner ever in 2014 when she won the award at the age of just 17. She later earned honors degrees in philosophy, politics, and economics from Oxford University, which she did in 2021.

Malala has accomplished so much in the short time she has been on this planet, establishing a lasting impact. Even though she has already had a significant and long-lasting impact on the world, her story has only just begun to be told. For many years to come, Malala will continue to improve the globe.