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i have been staying on top of this case since it hit the news on 10Oct2012.
the Taliban claimed responsibility in the attack on 10Oct but they did not anticipate the negative backlash. it was infuriating to hear the Taliban trying to justify this attack.
Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head while being driven home after taking an exam. she was immediately taken to the hospital where they determined she needed better treatment, then she was taken to Peshawar where she spent a couple of days. they were very concerned about infection. with the help of international doctors and an induced coma, flown to Great Britain. when she awoke, she knew she wasn't in her own country. her first words were "what country am i in?" she knew the dangers that she was in, she remembers the events before, during and knew what was going on around her. she even asked for her schoolbooks to be brought when her family flew from Pakistan to Great Britain.
the following are excerpts from various articles about this attack. there are probably more but with the numerous news outlets i already follow, i have pretty much a clear picture of what happened:
"Just days before the Nobel committee announces the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the world found out who stands at the opposite extreme on the quest for peace and justice. We have discovered who the biggest cowards on the planet are today.
The competition for the mark of shame is hard fought, but the title goes to the men who approached a van carrying girls home from school in Pakistan on Tuesday and asked for one very special 14-year-old. Then shot her in the head.
The world's worst cowards are the members of the Pakistani Taliban. Perhaps they believe their thick dark beards, dangerous weapons and fanatical religious pronouncement make them fierce warriors. But their actions tell the true story: The Pakistani Taliban are terrified of a 14-year-old girl named Malala Yousufzai.
And why are they so afraid of Malala? Mostly, because she is not afraid of them.
And because Malala is a relentless advocate of education for girls, something the Taliban find very threatening.
The Taliban, with all their bravado, seem to fear women most of all."
"Malala Yousufzai initially gained international attention in 2009, writing a blog about her life as the Taliban gained a foothold in her home region of Swat, a Taliban redoubt in northwest Pakistan, near Afghanistan."
Malala "had become an education rights activist at an early age, and in so doing had become an international symbol of courage."
"At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai took on the Taliban by giving voice to her dreams. As turbaned fighters swept through her town in northwestern Pakistan in 2009, the tiny schoolgirl spoke out about her passion for education – she wanted to become a doctor, she said – and became a symbol of defiance against Taliban subjugation."
"In 2011, she was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize. Later, Yousaf Raza Gilani, the prime minister at the time, awarded her Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize."
"I have the right of education," she said in a 2011 interview with CNN. "I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up." "We live in the 21st century," Malala said. "How can we be deprived from education?"
the international community expressed "outraged by the Taliban's October 9 attack."
"On Tuesday, October 9, gunmen shot Malala in the head and neck.
Now 14, she was coming home from school in a van with other schoolchildren when Taliban assassins stopped the vehicle, climbed on and demanded that the children identify her. Terrified, the children did it and the men fired, also wounding two other girls."
"The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the shooting in the conservative Swat Valley but don't appear to have anticipated the level of condemnation it would provoke."
"Speaking alongside him, Dr. Dave Rosser, medical director of University Hospitals Birmingham, gave the most positive prognosis yet for Malala's recovery.
"We don't think she has significant brain damage," he said, adding that she is very tired but "managed a big smile" when she saw her family.
The teenager is now walking with little help and "appears to have very good memories of both the last few days of her care and events prior to this incident," he said.
She is having tests on her hearing and vision Friday, mostly as a precaution because the bullet entered above her left eyebrow, he explained."
"In a message of defiance to the Taliban, authorities in Swat have decided to rename a government college after Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head after demanding education for girls."
and is the first degree college in Swat Valley to be named after a female..
excerpts taken from following articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/w...i-survives-hit-by-pakistani-taliban.html?_r=0
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/malala-profile/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/asia/pakistan-teen-activist-attack/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/10/opinion/ghitis-malala-yousufzai/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/26/world/europe/uk-pakistan-teen-activist/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/25/world/asia/pakistan-college-malala/index.html
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Malala, the world prays for you
the Taliban claimed responsibility in the attack on 10Oct but they did not anticipate the negative backlash. it was infuriating to hear the Taliban trying to justify this attack.
Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head while being driven home after taking an exam. she was immediately taken to the hospital where they determined she needed better treatment, then she was taken to Peshawar where she spent a couple of days. they were very concerned about infection. with the help of international doctors and an induced coma, flown to Great Britain. when she awoke, she knew she wasn't in her own country. her first words were "what country am i in?" she knew the dangers that she was in, she remembers the events before, during and knew what was going on around her. she even asked for her schoolbooks to be brought when her family flew from Pakistan to Great Britain.
the following are excerpts from various articles about this attack. there are probably more but with the numerous news outlets i already follow, i have pretty much a clear picture of what happened:
"Just days before the Nobel committee announces the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the world found out who stands at the opposite extreme on the quest for peace and justice. We have discovered who the biggest cowards on the planet are today.
The competition for the mark of shame is hard fought, but the title goes to the men who approached a van carrying girls home from school in Pakistan on Tuesday and asked for one very special 14-year-old. Then shot her in the head.
The world's worst cowards are the members of the Pakistani Taliban. Perhaps they believe their thick dark beards, dangerous weapons and fanatical religious pronouncement make them fierce warriors. But their actions tell the true story: The Pakistani Taliban are terrified of a 14-year-old girl named Malala Yousufzai.
And why are they so afraid of Malala? Mostly, because she is not afraid of them.
And because Malala is a relentless advocate of education for girls, something the Taliban find very threatening.
The Taliban, with all their bravado, seem to fear women most of all."
"Malala Yousufzai initially gained international attention in 2009, writing a blog about her life as the Taliban gained a foothold in her home region of Swat, a Taliban redoubt in northwest Pakistan, near Afghanistan."
Malala "had become an education rights activist at an early age, and in so doing had become an international symbol of courage."
"At the age of 11, Malala Yousafzai took on the Taliban by giving voice to her dreams. As turbaned fighters swept through her town in northwestern Pakistan in 2009, the tiny schoolgirl spoke out about her passion for education – she wanted to become a doctor, she said – and became a symbol of defiance against Taliban subjugation."
"In 2011, she was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize. Later, Yousaf Raza Gilani, the prime minister at the time, awarded her Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize."
"I have the right of education," she said in a 2011 interview with CNN. "I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up." "We live in the 21st century," Malala said. "How can we be deprived from education?"
the international community expressed "outraged by the Taliban's October 9 attack."
"On Tuesday, October 9, gunmen shot Malala in the head and neck.
Now 14, she was coming home from school in a van with other schoolchildren when Taliban assassins stopped the vehicle, climbed on and demanded that the children identify her. Terrified, the children did it and the men fired, also wounding two other girls."
"The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the shooting in the conservative Swat Valley but don't appear to have anticipated the level of condemnation it would provoke."
"Speaking alongside him, Dr. Dave Rosser, medical director of University Hospitals Birmingham, gave the most positive prognosis yet for Malala's recovery.
"We don't think she has significant brain damage," he said, adding that she is very tired but "managed a big smile" when she saw her family.
The teenager is now walking with little help and "appears to have very good memories of both the last few days of her care and events prior to this incident," he said.
She is having tests on her hearing and vision Friday, mostly as a precaution because the bullet entered above her left eyebrow, he explained."
"In a message of defiance to the Taliban, authorities in Swat have decided to rename a government college after Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old girl who was shot in the head after demanding education for girls."
and is the first degree college in Swat Valley to be named after a female..
excerpts taken from following articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/w...i-survives-hit-by-pakistani-taliban.html?_r=0
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/malala-profile/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/asia/pakistan-teen-activist-attack/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/10/opinion/ghitis-malala-yousufzai/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/26/world/europe/uk-pakistan-teen-activist/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/25/world/asia/pakistan-college-malala/index.html
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Malala, the world prays for you