Teenager shot by Taliban returns to school

Five months ago, a young Pakistani teenager was on her way home from school. The girl was known for her belief that women should be allowed an education, and was rather vocal about that, even having written a blog for the Guardian newspaper at the age of 11. She was very afraid that the Taliban would take away her right to an education. On October 9, group of masked men, later known to be Taliban, stopped her van and asked the children to identify her; when they did, the young girl was shot in both the head and neck. Miraculously, she survived. And earlier today was her first day back at school, in England where she had gone for treatment. Although this is a class about film, I definitely see a connection about being able to speak your mind. This young girl for the past few years has spoken her mind about what she feels she has a right to, she is trying to move past the censorship and oppression that many of the filmmakers whose films we are seeing are trying to do as well. She has fought multiple times, after the threatening of the closing of her school to create a movement for women's education in Pakistan. She has written a blog, interviewed with CNN, and has been far from afraid of speaking her mind. She even opposed the Talibans call to close girls schools, claiming that nowhere in the Q'uran does it say that girls are not allowed to go to school. I believe that it is with the help of the Arab Spring, the movement that is liberating, or trying to, many countries under oppressive rule that she found hope. She saw that voices were beginning to be heard, and that people could speak their opinions, even though there was danger involved. Just as many of these filmmakers are using their films as a way to express their thoughts and ideas, although subject to censorship. She is using a non-violent form to spread her words, making an impact, not war.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/19/world/asia/pakistan-malala-school/index.html?hpt=wo_c1