Malala Yousafzai: Defender of Education for Girls

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The Land of Waterfalls Malala's story begins in the Swat Valley of northwest Pakistan Like most Pakistani families the Yousafzais are Muslim In many Muslim homes the birth of a daughter was not celebrated The Yousafzai home was different Malala who was born on July 12 1997 in the city of Mingora was a joy to her family Her father Ziauddin ZEE auh deen CC even added his daughter s name to No woman was mentioned Only men the family tree This tradition was were there I took the pen drew a line and wrote Malala usually done for boys only Malala was the first girl added to her family in He Named Me Malala tree in over 300 years Ziauddin Yousafzai C H N A Swat Valley Islam KABULD Mardan Peshawar ISLAMABAD Muslims follow the Islam AFGHANISTAN is LAHM religion They believe in one God called Allah They follow the teachings of the prophet Muhammad The Quran koo RAHN is the holy N book of Islam P AK I S TA N Lahored Faisalabad Pu uni a b Mand Multa Bu NEW DELHI Rahimyar Khan Shikarpur IND I A Balochistan s in d cNawabshah Hyderabad Ralpur Kot