The Activist for Girls Education
Malala Yousafzai
Activist for the Education of Girls
Her Life Background
When her life changed
On October 9, 2012, as Malala and her friends were going back home from school, a man entered their school bus and asked for Malala by name ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). After he realized who she was, she was shot with a single bullet which went through her head, neck and shoulder ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). Two of her friends were also injured in the attack ("Malala The Fund"). After she was shot, she didn't remember much about what happened ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). Moniba her friend recalls seeing the gunman (" Malala Yousafzai Biography.")
The news of the bus getting attacked was spreading quickly. Her dad got informed about the bus and he was worrying about it being her bus ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). Then he went to the hospital and found Malala on a stretcher ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). It was clear that her life was in danger. Malala was shot on her left side of her head ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). Her brain started to swell which can cause for her to be paralyzed from her right arm and leg ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). She got shot for a so called "crime" which was speaking up for the right of girls to have education ("Malala Yousafzai Biography."). She survived the shooting and received immediate treatment at a hospital in Peshawar and was later transferred to Birmingham, England for further care. All this led to all four corners of the world to help her in furthering her cause (" Malala Yousafzai Biography").