Malala's Story
Malala is one out of many Teen Activists. A teen activist is a teen that stands up for a cause bigger than themselves. Malala is from Swat Valley, Pakistan. In Swat Valley, the Taliban is a terrorist group that has been closing down girls' schools in Pakistan and countries in that region. Malala defied them and continued to go to school. Also Malala began speaking out against the Taliban and what they were doing even though there were possible risks and consequences.
As a result of speaking out, she got what she wanted, the Taliban's attention but she got it in a negative way. Malala became the Taliban's target and issued a death threat against her.
On October 9th, 2012, two gunmen boarded the bus Malala was on. Due to many girls glancing at Malala , her location was given away. Suddenly the gunmen open fire on Malala, shooting Malala on the left side of her head, barely missing her brain. The gunmen fled leaving Malala to die.
Malala was first flown to a military hospital in Peshawar, where Malala had one surgery that saved her life. After the surgery in Peshawar, Malala was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England.
Malala was in a coma for a week (until October 16th, 2012.) When she did come out of the coma, she had no memory of what happened. She didn’t even know that she was shot, where she was, how she got there, and she wasn’t even sure who she was. She was more concerned for her father than herself.
For the first few days, after Malala came out of the coma Malala was in such critical condition that no one would answer any of her questions in fear that it would traumatize her even more than she already was. Eventually, the doctors and nurses finally started to answer her questions, around this time Malala's family also arrived in Birmingham.
Malala still needed many surgeries to fix the injury and to heal the nerves on the left side of her face. Malala’s journey to full recovery was not over but the worst part was over.
Malala is currently alive and...
Malala is one out of many Teen Activists. A teen activist is a teen that stands up for a cause bigger than themselves. Malala is from Swat Valley, Pakistan. In Swat Valley, the Taliban is a terrorist group that has been closing down girls' schools in Pakistan and countries in that region. Malala defied them and continued to go to school. Also Malala began speaking out against the Taliban and what they were doing even though there were possible risks and consequences.
As a result of speaking out, she got what she wanted, the Taliban's attention but she got it in a negative way. Malala became the Taliban's target and issued a death threat against her.
On October 9th, 2012, two gunmen boarded the bus Malala was on. Due to many girls glancing at Malala , her location was given away. Suddenly the gunmen open fire on Malala, shooting Malala on the left side of her head, barely missing her brain. The gunmen fled leaving Malala to die.
Malala was first flown to a military hospital in Peshawar, where Malala had one surgery that saved her life. After the surgery in Peshawar, Malala was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England.
Malala was in a coma for a week (until October 16th, 2012.) When she did come out of the coma, she had no memory of what happened. She didn’t even know that she was shot, where she was, how she got there, and she wasn’t even sure who she was. She was more concerned for her father than herself.
For the first few days, after Malala came out of the coma Malala was in such critical condition that no one would answer any of her questions in fear that it would traumatize her even more than she already was. Eventually, the doctors and nurses finally started to answer her questions, around this time Malala's family also arrived in Birmingham.
Malala still needed many surgeries to fix the injury and to heal the nerves on the left side of her face. Malala’s journey to full recovery was not over but the worst part was over.
Malala is currently alive and...
- living in England
- she is 18
- going to school
- not planning on returning to Pakistan
- continuing to fight for girls' right to education