Showing posts with label Malala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malala. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Malala schools Donald Trump

 It didn't take teenager Malala Yousafzai long to squelch the Donald's ugly discriminatory attacks on Muslims. The youngest ever Nobel Prize winner is living proof of the benefits of education for women and girls and one would hope for men and boys - Donald Trump was obviously short-changed in his schooling.

 

I'm wondering this morning if Trump might find much needed insight with an adult education class or two. Would a class in religious studies be of help? In the meantime, Malala nudges Donald, an embarrassment to the United States, toward enlightenment about terrorism and other humanitarian concerns.

 

Here's Malala:

 

Malala Yousafzai offered up a reality check for Donald Trump and any other politician attacking the entire Muslim faith. 

"The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create," she said in an interview with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom.

Yousafzai, who last year became the youngest-ever Nobel laureate when she won the Nobel Peace Prize, was asked about the "wild things being said about Islam and Muslims," such as the GOP presidential candidate's call to stop all Muslims from entering the United States.

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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Advocates for women and girls: Hillary and Malala


Serendipity? Headlines this morning announce the endorsement of long-time women's rights advocate HillaryClinton's 2016 presidential run by the American Federation ofTeachers and the school for Syrian refugee girls opened by Nobel Winner Malala on her 18th birthday.

Here's the scoop on Hillary's endorsement by the AFT, which boosts her chances for election as the first woman president in the United States:

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Hillary Clinton has scored the first national labor endorsement of the election cycle.The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) today chose to back Clinton in the Democratic primary for president.
"In vision, in experience and in leadership, Hillary Clinton is the champion working families need in the White House," AFT President Randi Weingarten said in a statement released this afternoon. "Hillary Clinton is a tested leader who shares our values, is supported by our members, and is prepared for a tough fight on behalf of students, families and communities."

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Hillary's support of students, families, and communities coincides beautifully with Malala's continued support of education for women and girls:

BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon, July 12 (Reuters) - Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in "books not bullets."

Malala became a symbol of defiance after she was shot on a school bus in Pakistan 2012 by the Taliban for advocating girls' rights to education. She continued campaigning and won the Nobel in 2014.

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Monday, July 14, 2014

Malala speaks out on behalf of abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

Malala in Strasbourg, 11/20/2013; via Wikipedia.
Malala’s name means grief-stricken, and grief undoubtedly played a role in motivating her to speak out for those 200 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last April. The waning interest in our always fickle media also played a role.

On Malala’s 17th birthday, the young survivor of a brutal assassination attempt, is on a mission.

Tim Cocks and Abraham Terngu report:

ABUJA, July 14 (Reuters) - Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education, pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to help free a group of schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants.

On Sunday, Malala met parents of the more than 200 girls who were kidnapped by the militant group Boko Haram from a school in the northeastern village of Chibok in April.

Boko Haram, inspired by the Taliban, say they are fighting to establish an Islamic state in religiously mixed Nigeria. The group, whose name means "Western education is sinful", has killed thousands and abducted hundreds since launching an uprising in 2009.

Some of the parents broke down in tears as Malala spoke at a hotel in the capital Abuja on Sunday.

"I can see those girls as my sisters ... and I'm going to speak up for them until they are released," said Malala, who was due to meet President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday. Her 17th birthday was on Saturday.