Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Well, the world knows of her. She was threatened by the terrorists for going to the school. They had told her that they will kill her if she would want to be educated. And finally shot her. While going to school one day, she was shot several times by a few terrorists. She fought for her life and survived the attack.
Now, the question is – how is her case different from many other girls who had to deal with the same kind of situation. There were many girls and women who have raised their voice in favor of girl education and have fought for it. Many of them may have been shot and many of them may have died too. But those who survived, we don’t know their names. We don’t know what happened to them afterwards. We don’t know if they got proper medical treatment. We don’t know if they were again shot by the terrorists. We don’t know a lot about them because their stories were not covered by the media. Yes.. and we may never learn about them as well…
Malala, on the other hand was covered by the media on a large scale. There is no doubt that she had the strength to keep fighting even after being shot and not being scared for her life. She just wanted to go ahead for the cause she believed in and she didn’t stop. But, she was also privileged to get the media coverage all over the world and hence she got the best of medical treatment and was saved. I think, that apart from being brave and persistent, she was also really lucky to have the world’s support. She is an inspirational figure today and has now reached a level that only seem to be a dream to millions of other girls like her.
So now, who is Malala?
I guess the one who was brave, who didn’t get scared, kept fighting AND the one who was extremely lucky to have THE MEDIA COVERAGE.
Thoughts?
mySestina
True !
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A courageous girl! With a message to the world … who had the courage , and spoke through the UNITED NATIONS … ( A contraverse in its self, sad but true … there are no UNITED … nations … they all take and do their own interests! Don’t take my word but my followers …
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She sure has given a message to the world. But, there are many more like her who are still fighting and may never be able to come in front and the truth and their fight shall remain hidden from the world..
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May they find peace in the truth and in God. There is no solution … to this HUGE Problem.
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I wish there was a solution… Thanks for reading…
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There is none … only God.
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God.. indeed!
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And … death. I love this tale …
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Don’t take my word but my followers … O’Shine ORIGINAL
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Yes, she was lucky enough to receive a lot of media attention. And, although it doesn’t feel so, there are a lot of organisations and people working hard every day to help improve the situations of children similar to Malala.
We can write about it, bring attention to it, but to be fair…does it really make a difference to those unfortunate children? That’s my dilemma lately…and why I love for instance Cezane’s new blog and his Walk, taking matters literally in his own hands…
Actions speak so much louder then words in this case, I think…
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Actions do speak.louder than words.. Rightly said Patty
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Then again…attention is important too, acknowledgement…
So you understand the dilemma?
Have a great evening Zig, XxX
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🙂 yeah I do my dear… You too have a good evening..
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Love the stories of such courageous people. They all deserve to have their stories told.
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They sure do.. the sad thing is that only a few of get the chance to come out with the truth..
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Malala was in the right place at the right time.
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Absolutely…
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I believe this happens often all over the world. To me it is odd how the media chooses which stories to highlight and which stories don’t deserve the lime light.
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It sure is odd.. and sad as well at the same time
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I just read I’m malala book and believe me . she will be source of inspiration to many of us. Powerful thoughts of hers and her fight for right to education for women would be remembered for a longer time
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I am sure she is a source of inspiration… such a powerful girl…
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Also it is the duty of media to recognize such people . many more . who has dared to fight for a noble cause .
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But the media is all about money and their own purpose.
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There is a really cool facebook page called ‘A Mighty Girl’ where they present all the time courageous women from all over the world, women who fought for and brought about change, I can highly recommend it for everyone who is interested in this: https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl
so attention gets ever stonger I guess
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This is wonderful.. Thank you so much for sharing
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I am happy to know this page & enjoy sharing it with you, have a great day 🙂
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You too my dear.. have a great day!
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She brave and corages and lucky. Hopefully she uses that luck to help others in her situation and uses her status to influence.
I get stuck that in this modern world there are communities that oppress.
It is all a messed up world no human being has the right to suppress another..
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True.. her bravery is inspirational! The only thing is that it is truly a messed up world!
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