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i am malala
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| malala | the main character, an activist for female education and her name means grief stricken |
| atal | the youngest of her brothers |
| gul Makai | the name malala used, and from a Pashtun folk tale |
| aba | means father |
| moniba | malalas best friend |
| safina | malala thinks she stole her pink toy phone |
| rehanana | a muslim chaplain who visited malala while she was in the hospital |
| allah | Arabic for god |
| advocacy | public support/recommendation of a policy or of a cause |
| malalai of maiwand | a heroine who led the Pashtuns to the uprising against the brithish empire (rahmat shah wrote poems about her) |
| pashtunwali code | honor code used by the Pashtuns and governs their way of life |
| the magic pencil | was from malalas favorite show and it could create a different world, she deeply wanted this pencil |
| madam maryam | she's the strict principal of malalas school |
| treacherous | being guilty of betrayal/ deception |
| ziauddin | malalas father who greatly shaped her into who she is today |
| code of purdan | code of revenge |
| shazia ramzan | she was attacked on the same bus as malala |
| al-Qaeda | an (sunni) Islamic organization (founded by Osama bin landen) |
| militants | military agents |
| toor pekai | malalas mother |
| oct. 9th 2012 | the day malala was attacked |
| fazullah | violent leader of the taliban |
| burqa | a required female veil |
| asylum | refugee, temporary for political offenders |
| kashal | school she attended while shot |
| khushal | her (older) younger brother |
| usman bhaijan | the bus driver during the attack of the taliban |
| jihad | a holy war |
| propaganda | bad rumors to discredit something/someone |
| malalas grandfather didn't like her name because of what it meant | true |
| her mom dropped out of school when she was 6 | true |
| dezmen tutu nominated her for a peace prize | true |
| Taliban stole peoples tvs | true |
| good thing fazlullah did (even though hes a bad dude) | he encouraged to stop drinking, smoking, good hygiene |
| malalas competion at school | malk-e-noor |
| malala currently lives in | Birmingham, england |
| who told malala and her family about the death threat towards her | shehla amjum |
| the female prime minister benazeer boohooto was assonated | true |
| why did it take malalas parents a long time to make it to the hospital in Birmingham | because the prime minister wanted to go for publicity |
| why did America shut off aid to Pakistan | bc the prime minister and seized power |
| why did malala start doing speaches | bc she lost her fathers respects and wanted to earn it back |
| what was poverty like | no, toys, carrying water by hands |
| what was malalas favorite game | wedding |
| how did malalas parents treat her differently then other parents did | bc they treated her like a boy (gave her more freedom as a woman) |
| what did malala want from the tv show shack a lacka boom boom | the magic pencil, she prayed for it nightly |
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evangelynnm