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Riham Khalfi, 15, Marrakesh
Education… education
is a necessity for people. Going to school and learning new things may be for us just another annoying thing we’re forced to do so that we can get over it. But there are those who dream of it, who want to go to school so badly but they have missed their chance. They want to discover this whole new world so that soon they will build their own world with their own ways. So let me tell you a story, a story that will surely change your way of looking to things:
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“Once upon a time, there was a little girl, neither a princess nor a fairy. A normal girl who lived in Pakistan. She had only one dream which is to finish her studies and choose her life alone, so that fate will no longer plays with her path. To bring this dream to reality she gave her all although all the elements of life were shouting to her face to stop trying, not to continue, but she do kept struggling and not giving up, although the Taliban, although their guns were aimed toward her, why? Because, she was special. She had something not all the girls had: Courage. Full of struggles, her life went on, until the day some masked men calling themselves Taliban shot her in the head. The little girl laid on the floor unconscious. When she opened her eyes, the place was all covered up with balloons, letters and boxes of chocolate. The little girl was moved but much more after knowing that she was in the land which she read about in books and heard of only in the news: Britain. Her story was heard by millions of people all around the world and everyone encourage her to keep up.”
The girl’s name is Malala Youssefi, Malala who stood against Taliban, and fought not just for her rights but for all the other deprived girls who can not continue
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their studies. A second life was given to her after the shooting and she knew how to live it.
That’s what she said. Reason had spoken, we heard, we saw and still there is pain. This is the woman who really inspires me. She had nothing but still she clanged to her dreams. I have everything, why not working hard and following her wavy path?
Malala is the symbol of bravery and loyalty to her dreams. She had goals, some she achieved and she is still working on the rest. I have dreams and goals too, and I will try to transform them from written words in my diary that I keep close to my heart, into reality that I will be living. I’ll fight just like how she did. I’ll help people as she did and still doing. I’m not the only one who has been inspired by Malala; she changed many lives and opened many doors. Malala said once: “when the world is silent even the smallest voice can make a change.” Indeed her voice echoed in the corners of the world and her book ‘I am Malala’ touched many hearts.
Finally, Malala had won the Nobel peace prize and that something I really want to try in the future, discovering this new feeling that you changed something in the world is wonderful enough. It’s a long way but I’ll walk until its end for sure even if I die trying. She taught me to do what I love, what is right and to be strong no matter what. She proved after what happened to her, with many others that after frowning to you, life can smile again.
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