MALALA YOUSAFZAI CHAPTER ONE 4 STRONG TEEN ACTIVIST Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani ACTIVIST In many ways she is a regular teenager who likes playing sports dancing with her friends and reading books However her courage and strength have also made millions of people around the An ACTIVIST is a person who pushes for social or political change Vocabulary BoxMalala Yousafzai likes to dance and read but she also travels around the world speaking up for girls rights
5 world look up to her The Yousafzai family is Pashtun The Pashtuns are an ethnic group who live mostly in Pakistan and Af ghanistan Malala grew up in a part of Pakistan called the Swat Valley The Swat Valley was a beautiful district and a popular vacation destination Malala grew up in a part of northern Pakistan called the Swat Valley The Swat Valley is north of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad
6 MALALA YOUSAFZAI This painting shows the Battle of Maiwand It was at this 1880 battle that Malalai of Maiwand inspired Pashtun soldiers to fight on Malala Yousafzai is named after the Pashtun hero Malalai of Maiwand Malalai helped her people fight against the British in the Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878 80 Malala was raised by par ents who encouraged her to speak up for what she believes In 2008 she began to protest the closing of girls schools in her area She even wrote a BLOG about her experiences and opinions about the limits of women’s education A BLOG is a website on which an author shares his or her personal thoughts Vocabulary Box
7 On October 11 2013 Malala met with President Barack Obama and his family STRONG TEEN ACTIVIST In 2012 when she was only 15 years old Malala was shot as a result of her activism She survived the shooting and fully recovered from her injuries She now speaks all over the world about the importance of the education of girls
