Hello. Greetings from Boonary TV. In today's history topic we'll see, "The girl who survived the bullet shot in her head". Who was she? What's her life story? Who shot her and why? Let's find out.
This woman's name is Malala Yousafzai. She is the one who was shot in her head but she survived and today she's a world famous personality. What's her life story? Let me share with you today. Malala was born in Mingora, Pakistan. She was born on July 12, 1997. Her father was a teacher and ran a school, founded by him in which she was studying. She loved school. Everything was going fine but it suddenly changed when the extremists group Taliban, of whom you might have heard recently in the news had taken control of her town. Under their rulership, everything was severely affected. The extremists banned many things — like owning a television and playing music — and they said girls could no longer go to school. They had enforced harsh punishments for those who defied their orders. But Malala did not keep quiet. What did she do? Watch ahead.
In 2008, Malala gave a speech and the title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" She spoke out publicly and then the next year when she was 11 years old, she began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity, she used another name. However her name was later revealed. She continued to speak up and she was awarded Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize. This made her a target of the Taliban. Malala's family knew that she was having death threat but they thought the Taliban group would not actually harm a child. But they were wrong. On October 9, 2012, when Malala was riding a bus with friends 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, the gunman fired at her in her head. Malala immediately collapsed. What happened next? Take a look.
Malala was immediately rushed to a hospital. The bullet had travelled down her neck and had affected her shoulder. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. A part of her face had paralysed even causing her hearing problems. To receive further care, she was transferred to another hospital in England. She remained in the hospital unconscious and finally on the 10th day after being shot in the head, Malala finally woke and then the doctors told her of what had happened. That's when she realised the trauma she had to pass through. She had undergone multiple surgeries to fix the left side of her face, but the doctors treating her said that she never cried. She was very brave. She was up on her feet again and was able to begin attending school in England. Nine months after being shot she even gave a speech at the United Nations. She has also published her own book named, "I Am Malala". In 2014, she received the Nobel Peace Prize and became the youngest-ever Nobel laureate. Till date she continues to fight to ensure all girls receive free education and this opportunity has to be provided for girls until they are 12 years old and receive quality education.
