Malala Book Report

The reason she mentioned the religions in this order is because it is the order that they “happened” in her life. The first mentioned was on page 13, she spoke about her birth and how her family celebrated having a girl for a child, that most Pashtuns are ashamed of, but Malala’s family named her after a woman Pashtun warrior, Malalai, “ Malalai inspired the Afghan army to defeat the British in 1880 in one of the biggest battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War...” pg 14, an inspiring woman to all Pashtuns. Pashtuns live by a code called Pashtunwali, it tells all Pashtuns to to give hospitality to everyone and all guests, and that you should always be honorable. The second religion mentioned is on page 16, Swati. Malala talks about how the Swati’s …show more content…
When Zia is in power he restrains women's rights greatly, he only gave them half the fight of a man at that time period in court, so much so that a 13 year old girl was raped and became pregnant, and was later charged for adultery and placed in prison because she could not call four male witnesses to testify that it was a crime. He also restricted the woman's right to open a bank account without a man's permission. Women were even restricted in playing a popular sport, hockey, they were forced to wear baggy clothing if they wanted to play! Some sports did not allow female players at all. This is communicated by the lines “ reduced women's evidence in court to count for only half that of a man's. Soon our prisons were full of cases like that of a thirteen-year-old girl who was raped and became pregnant and was sent to prison for adultery because she couldn't produce four male witnesses to prove it was a crime. A woman couldn't open a bank account without a man's permission. As a nation we have always been good at hockey, but Zia made our female hockey players wear baggy trousers instead of shorts and stopped women playing some sports altogether.” page 21-22. Before General Zia came into power there were less than extrication a on women but they were still restricted greatly, Malala's father talked about them, some included the only the men in the family …show more content…
Seeing his sisters not get granted the gift of learning at school, he wanted to gift other people, not only boys, but also girls! He believed that Pakistan’s politicians used the un-education of most of the population to their advantage. They would be able to trick the country into choosing them because they would use information that most of the uneducated population would believe because they were uneducated. He said that being uneducated made their country so problematic. This is communicated on page 26 by the lines “ he thought there was nothing more important than knowledge”, “ how mystified he had been by the river in his village, wondering where the he water came from and went to”, “ Education had been a great gift for him. He believed that the lack of education was the the root of all Pakistan's problems. Ignorance had allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected. He believed schooling should be available for all, rich and poor, boys and

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