More about Malala

Malala Yousafzai named youngest ever UN Ambassador of Peace

She has been made the youngest ever UN Messenger of Peace in a ceremony in New York on Monday.

Report by Hettie Maylam.

to know more about Malala’s story:

“He Named Me Malala” Official Trailer 1 (2015) – Documentary:

Malala’s story – BBC News

MALALA AND THE NOTION/Power – Myths and Heroes

Why is Malala regarded as a hero? 
-What makes her different? What makes her “extraordinary”?  

–> Her actions?
–>Her personality (her courage, her determination, her will, her ambition)?
–>Her uncommon life (she was shot by the Talibans and survived (her “miraculous recovery”; she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize) ?
–> The fact that she is “so young”?

 -Is she a role model?

How does she influence people? What makes her ‘powerful’ and influential?

Is Malala’s voice powerful?

-How does her “voice” (in her struggle for girls’ education and ‘basic rights’) manage to be heard worldwide?

> Malala dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize (2014) to “all those chidlren who are voiceless, whose voices need to be heard. [She] speaks for them and stand up with them. And [she] joins them in their campaign, that their voices should be heard, and they have rights.” 

Comment on the following sentence:  “I AM MALALA will make readers believe in the power of one person’s voice to inspire change in the world.”

So, is one’s voice the key to changing the world? 

TEENS REACT TO MALALA!

 

Malala Y : “one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world”

Teenager: “it makes me feel really good that a person of that age can speak up for what she believes in.”