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| India-Pakistan |
| The Malala phenomenon |
| 2013-12-25 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The mixed emotions stirred in Pakistain by Malala Yousafzai coming within kissing distance of the Nobel Prize is reminiscent of the way Sharmeen Chinoy's Saving Face gave us a high when we saw Pakistain the maligned mentioned in the same breath as the sublime Oscar. The fact that the path to glory was paved with acid burnt faces took a while to sink in. Malala and her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, deserve all the kudos we can heap on them. The story has all the ingredients of a powerful cathartic tale. By attacking her, the Taliban made the ultimate expression of impotent rage. She is the piece of crockery broken by someone who cannot do much to harm his actual tormentor. For the west, she is one of the props in the quest to justify a farcical military adventure gone horribly wrong. From the Oval Office to the Queen's Buckingham Palace, she chatted with world leaders with an ease of manner that crusty South Asian politicians can only aspire to. The world listened intently to her pleas for promoting education. She received several awards amidst waves of loathing for her attackers. However, |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Here in the US, she'd get bullied in school for "acting white." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2013-12-25 11:02 |