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Girl Shot In Head By Taliban, Speaks At UN

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Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan (Yousafzai, 2013, p.233). She is the daughter of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai and has two younger brothers. Some background about Yousafzai as it maintains in her book “I am Malala: The girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban” she was a child, she became an advocate for girls ' education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her (Yousafzai, 2013, 235). On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot her when she was traveling home from school. She survived, and has continued to speak out on the importance of education. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated again and won, becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her purpose on the speech of “Girl Shot in Head by Taliban, Speaks at UN: Malala Yousafzai United Nations” by ABC news (2013), is to inform those people unaware of the situation and the dire need to let boys and girls receive an education without the fear of being attacked like Malala was.
In his speech event, Yousafzai was very able to grab the audience 's attention and her topic was relevant to all at that moment, which is very important. At the beginning of her speech, she starts by welcoming and Thank all of those who have helped her, then moves to give the audience a brief outline of what points she would cover. This point was to turn the subject to what she thinks is important also to set the tone clear

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