rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Y Malala Yousafzai: A young girl's fight for women's rights in education November 6, 2014 By Gisella Silva http://www.peruthisweek.com/the-break-malala-yousafzai-young-girls-fight-for-womens-rights-in-education-104403 “Malala Yousafzai’s story is one worth sharing. From the age of 11, she’s been advocating…
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The memoir, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb, tells the empowering story of Malala’s life as a young girl in the Valley of Swat in Pakistan. Despite the threats from the Taliban, Malala maintained her values and displayed courage. When others were afraid, Malala spoke. Her experiences reinforced her desire to work towards her goal of equal educational opportunities for all children. Throughout this memoir, there were…
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its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus. The Hot Zone tells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore, The Hot Zone proves that truth really is scarier than fiction. Amazon.com Review The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban…
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with a Voice” For young women in Swat Valley, a district in the northwest frontier province of Mingora, Pakistan, having basic rights such as an education is an issue that has been fought for since its existence. Malala Yousafzai daughter of activist Ziauddin Yousafzai is one of many unfortunate young women who have felt the wrath and despair of the Pakistani Taliban regarding this issue. In comprehension of this paper, I will convey to the reader the story of Malala’s journey through her fight…
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father had raised her to believe that women were equals.The Swat is the region that Malala and her family lives in did not believe in this.…
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interprets a scene from the Disney story, Cinderella. Like most of Leibovitz's work, this photo links the character from the story tale to the public persona of the celebrity. Annie Leibovitz aimed to capture Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella because her public persona is similar to that of Cinderella in the story. The photo's purpose was to re-interpret the Cinderella story through a still image, whilst being able to recognise the scene and how it relates to the story. This image also supports and challenges…
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Andrew Lam is a Vietnamese native who came to America with his family during the Vietnam War searching for safety from Communism. Lam was born in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and arrived in the U.S. at the age of eleven. In 1995, Lam wrote the short story, “Love, Money, Prison, Sin, Revenge” to explain the painful reality that the Vietnam War will never leave the minds of the people from his generation. Lam came to America as a Vietnamese refugee in 1975 before having to really be impacted by Communism…
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tanks, and Humvees. They carry military-grade weapons. Many SWAT teams today are trained by current and formal personnel from Special Forces units like the Navy SEALs or Army Rangers. National Guard helicopters now routinely swoop through rural areas in search of pot plants, and, when they find something, send gun-toting troops dressed for battle repelling down to chop and confiscate the contraband. But it isn’t just drugs. Aggressive, SWAT-style tactics are now used to raid neighborhood poker games…
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to make it through the night, I have to make it through the morning. Remy peacefully wakes up with me and lounges on my bed as I get ready for the day, I never have any worries when Remy is around. Nevins on the other hand trips me up the stairs, swats at my feet as I walk, meows at the high heavens to get his cat food, and knocks off my powdered makeup as soon as I walk away. Pretty much the only escape I have from this cat is at school and work. I have to say the worst part about…
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When Malala was around 10, the Taliban began to regain control Swat Valley, where she lived. During this time, they began to pursue their ultranationalist goals and began burning down girls’ schools and producing fear in the hearts of people, especially women. Women’s education was shunned and punished, as was anything…
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