Speed reading Malala

1. SPEED READING:
The life of Malala Yousafzai

2. Question set #1:
1. Where was Malala born?
2. What’s her father’s name?
3. What was the name of her first official speech?
4. Who did she start blogging for in 2009?
5. What fake name did she use?

3. Malala Yousafzai was born in July 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan; where
she attended a school that her father, Ziauddin, had founded.
After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools, Malala gave a speech
in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare
the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"
In early 2009, Malala began blogging for the BBC about living under
the Taliban's oppression. In order to hide her identity, she used the
name Gul Makai. However, her cover was eventually blown.
With a growing public platform, Malala continued to speak out
about the right of all women to an education. Her activism led her to
be awarded the Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize.

4. Answers
1. Where was Malala born? Pakistan
2. What’s her father’s name? Ziauddin
3. What was the name of her first official speech? "How dare the Taliban
take away my basic right to education?“
4. Who did she start blogging for in 2009? The BBC
5. What fake name did she use? Gul Makai

5. Question set #2:
1. Why didn’t Malala’s family take the threat made by the Taliban
seriously?
2. Where was she when she was shot?
3. Which country was she sent to for treatment?

6. Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat
against her because of her activism. Though they were frightened they initially
thought that the fundamentalist group would not actually harm a child; as she
was 15 at the time.
But in October 2012, when Malala was riding a bus on their way home from
school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded to know which girl
was Malala. When her friends looked toward her, her location was given
away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head.
The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military
hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling
brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England.
Once she was in the United Kingdom, Malala was taken out of a medically
induced coma. She required multiple surgeries, including repair of a facial
nerve to fix the paralysed left side of her face. Fortunately, she had suffered
no major brain damage.

7. Answers:
1. Why didn’t Malala’s family take the threat made by the Taliban
seriously? Because they didn’t think they would hurt her, as she
was only a child
2. Where was she when she was shot? On the bus on her way back
home after school
3. Which country was she sent to for treatment? England

8. Question set #3:
1. What did she do on her 16th birthday?
2. What’s the name of her autobiography?

9. The shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Malala, which
continued during her recovery. She gave a speech at the United Nations on her
16th birthday, in 2013. She has also written an autobiography, “I Am Malala:
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban”, which was
released in October 2013.

10. Answers:
1. What did she do on her 16th birthday? She gave a speech at the
United Nations
2. What’s the name of her autobiography? “I Am Malala: The Girl
Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

11. Question set #4:
1. When did she win the Nobel Peace prize?
2. Who else also won a Nobel Peace prize that year?
3. What’s the name of the Pakistani prime minister?
4. Who said that Malala is “a brave and gentle advocate of peace”?

12. Despite the Taliban's threats, Malala remains a resolute advocate for the
power of education.
In October 2013, in acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament
awarded her the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. That same year, she
was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She didn't win the prize, but was
named a nominee again in 2014, when she won, along with Indian children's
rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
In congratulating Malala, Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, said: “She is
(the) pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement
is unparalleled and unequalled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead
from her struggle and commitment.”
The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as “a brave and gentle
advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a
global teacher.”

13. Answers:
1. When did she win the Nobel Peace prize? In 2014
2. Who else also won a Nobel Peace prize that year? Kailash Satyarthi
3. What’s the name of the Pakistani prime minister? Nawaz Sharif
4. Who said that Malala is “a brave and gentle advocate of peace”?
The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon

14. Question set #5:
1. What did she do on her 18th birthday?
2. When did the documentary “He named me Malala” come out?
3. Which country gave Malala honorary citizenship?
4. Which university was he accepted in?
5. How did she share this news?
6. What will she study?

15. For her 18th birthday in 2015, also called Malala Day, the young activist
continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian
refugee girls in Lebanon. Its expenses were covered by the Malala Fund. The
school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18.
That same year, a documentary about Malala's life was released: “He named
me Malala”.
In 2017, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed
Malala as a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girls education. The
appointment is the highest honour given by the United Nations. She was also
given honorary Canadian.
Last year, Malala tweeted that she was accepted to Oxford University, where
she will study philosophy, politics and economics.

16. Answers:
1. What did she do on her 18th birthday? She opened a school in Lebanon
2. When did the documentary “He named me Malala” come out? In 2015
3. Which country gave Malala honorary citizenship? Canada
4. Which university was he accepted in? Oxford
5. How did she share this news? By tweeter
6. What will she study? Philosophy, politics and economics