Pakistani community in UAE to celebrate Malala’s Nobel accolade By Jamil Khan SHARJAH: The youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Malala Yousufzai from Pakistan, has been making headlines all over the world since the announcement of the world’s prestigious award. Members of the Pakistani community residing in Dubai, Sharjah and other emirates are all set to hold a meeting to laud the efforts of the young activist and register their appreciation for the girl who made the nation proud. “It was great news for every Pakistani and especially people belong to Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa province from where she hails,” said Nizar Yousufzai, the organiser of the meeting while talking to The Gulf Today on Saturday. He added that “the UAE has a huge number of expatriates from the Swat Valley as well as other parts of the Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa province besides other parts of the country, and desired to laud the girl activist on a platform to show the world about their feelings.” The meeting, which will be attended by the representatives of different social bodies of Pushtoon community residing in the UAE besides the general public, will be held at the Pakistan Social Centre Sharjah on Thursday, Oct.23, at 7pm. During the meeting the representatives of various social bodies of the Pushtoon community will highlight the efforts of Malala Yousufzai in their speeches while a huge cake will be cut to celebrate the award to the young Nobel laureate. Gulmakai, 17, has been known by her pseudonym Malala Yousafzai, adopted in 2009 while she started writing a blog for BBC from Swat Valley against the Taliban who were against education for girls. For her advocacy for women’s education, she was attacked by the Taliban and injured. She was later sent to the UK for further treatment and started advocating women’s education all over the world. “The event to celebrate the announcement of Malala’s Nobel award will be a huge success as members from all prominent Pushtoon bodies agreed to take part,” said Nizar Yousufzai, who has been known for his social activities in the community. He further pointed that there are elements in the community who raised various objections to Malala’s award and her role in advocating female education but as a nation we are giving a plain message to the world through this event that the whole Pushtoon community is one and happy on her winning the Nobel Award as the youngest recipient in the world. It should be noted that the Nobel Peace Prize was announced jointly to Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi. gulftoday.ae/portal/d851f697-4572-43f8-9aac-b6145538583f.aspx
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:43:07 +0000
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