Malala's Recovery is Progressing Slowly but Surely By Nina Bharadwaj

     The brave teen activist, Malala Yousafzai is recovering at her temporary home on Friday after being released from a British hospital. This teen may have to undergo more surgery.
     Malala was targeted by Taliban gunmen because she spoke out in favor of Pakistani girls getting educated. After the attack, she was left with life-threatening head and neck wounds. This attack left her globally known.
     Three months later, Malala is recovering in Britain. However, she is not fully recovered. Doctors plan to perform additional surgery on her skull in the next month due to the fact that a portion of her skull was shattered in the attack. It will be replaced with either her own bone or a titanium plate.
     Malala was in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for almost three months. The hospital released photos of her transformation. The changes from October 15, 2012, in which she was bruised and breathing from a tube until now are extremely dramatic.
     Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife tweeted "Good news that Malala is well enough to leave hospital. We wish her well as her recovery continues with her family."
     Dr. Dave Rosser, medical director of the hospital, said "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery. Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers."
     While she is recovering in West Midlands, Pakistani's consulate in Birmingham has hired Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai,  as an education attache. He will be the head of the consulate's education section for three to five years.  Malala's parents and younger brothers, Khushal and Atul, have come to England to be with her while she recovers.
     Malala, who is 15 years old, became an international hero of her bravery after being shot by Taliban gunmen in the fall by defending the rights of Pakistani girls to have an education. Malala continuiously blogged about girls' education and accused the Taliban of being ignorant. The Taliban forbid girls from going to school and threatened to kill those who defy them.
     Malala was in a school van on October 09, 2012 when the gunmen stopped the vehicle and shot Malala. Two other girls were shot but their injuries were less severe. Malala was left in critical condition.
     Malala's father has said he will return home when his daughter has recovered. At the time Malala was shot, he ran a school in Pakistan's Swat Valley that allowed girls in the classroom, thus defying the Taliban.
     The attacked on Malala caused outrage and outpourings of support to Malala worldwide.
     Online, the Taliban stated that if Malala lived, they would attack her again. Interior Minister, Rehman Malik promised that the government would protect Malala if she decided to return to Pakistan.
     Since the shooting, Malala has become a role model worldwide. She was selected as runner-up for Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2012.
Analysis: The author of this article, Laura Smith-Spark, wrote this article to let us know how Malala is recovering. She also gave us the sense of how women are treated in Pakistan. The article also portrayed how heroic Malala was in fighting for girls' rights to education in Pakistan at the young age of 15. There was no bias in this article, but you can tell that the author is supporting Malala as well as the rest of us.
Malala is a role model to everybody. She is so brave in standing up for what she believes in and I admire her courage. Many of us always keep our opinions to ourself because we know that others would judge us. But, Malala risked her life to fight for the rights of education for girls in Pakistan. I hope that her recovery continuously progresses everyday because she deserves it.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/europe/uk-pakistan-malala-discharged/index.html?hpt=ieu_c2