Malala Revisited: The Fraudulent Iconism of ‘Children’s Rights’

... Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990. Many members of the US Congress voted to wage war against Iraq after this fraudulent, heart-wrenching testimony. Almost 12 years later to the day, it was time for another child-hero to emerge from the Islamic world to advance Western geopolitics. Overnight, Malala Yousofzai became the most famous schoolgirl in the world, and an inspiration to millions of schoolgirls who had never heard of her before. The Malala mania, in fact, ran in parallel with two other gender-related media agitations of the day –Pussy ...