Opinion Response: Portrait of the Girl Blogger

To see that the BBC wrote an article with the purpose of spreading Malala´s story is amazing. Malala started writing a for the BBC Urdu when she was 11 with the purpose of letting the world know what life under the Taliban rule is like. Her blog posts are breathtaking. She speaks completely honestly, ignoring the consequences that she was exposed to face. As i read the posts that were shared by the BBC, a new image of the Pakistan landed in my mind, as well as the sympathy of horror that the population there is facing. 

In every post, Malala shares a bit of the horror she has faced through her childhood. Horror no child should ever face. For instance, her post on January 3rd 2009, states that she was actually afraid of going to school, since the Taliban had passed an edict forbidding girl´s education. Her school was affected by the edict, since only 11 out of 27 kept attending after the law was passed. They also had to change the school uniforms into casual dress, so that the Taliban would not find out that the school was still working.

Malala is admirable, ignoring the fear of her people and nevertheless letting the world know the horrors under Taliban rule. Her writing really shocked me and got though to me, giving me a completely different image of the suffering in the middle east. It is truly shocking that she got shot, simply for publishing the truth and I hope that doesnt stop her from writing.