Malala's 'Pakistani accent' at Oscars divides internet

Malala Yousafzai was unable to shield herself from cyberbullying and unsolicited remarks even after winning the Nobel Peace Prize at the youngest age ever.

The Academy Awards presentation was recently attended by the advocate for girls’ education, Yousafzai, who astonished the crowd and social media users with her presence. Yet not many people supported her. Instead, she received a lot of criticism for her accent, particularly for her “Pakistani accent”.

As absurd as it may sound, Pakistanis themselves teased the 25-year-old for sounding like a Pakistani when speaking English.

The fiasco started when a Twitter user shared her uncalled-for thoughts about Yousafzai speaking English during an interview on the red carpet. As soon as the tweet surfaced online, all hell broke loose, dividing social media users.

The original tweet read, “Even after living in America and marrying an elite British citizen if your spoken English is pathetic then shame on your “training”!

Amreeka mein reh kr b, Aik British elite se shaadi kr k b agar Apki angrezi Itni pathetic hai to laanat hai bai Aisi “Training” per !
And idc how many haters I get after this !pic.twitter.com/43lFK7dJ4q

— 𝓜𝓮𝓮𝓷𝓪𝔂 (@lanadelmeem) March 13, 2023

In response, most Twitter users were divided in polarized opinions while some had a neutral stance.

What exactly is wrong with her English?? Are you trying to imply that having an accent is the problem? Because that's a really elitist, bullshit stance. Colonialism really did a number on us, didn't it? https://t.co/20DVsgPn4V

— Zunaira Inam Khan (@ZunairaInam) March 14, 2023

Not a fan of malala but im also not a fan of people who glamorize accents
Its fine the way she's speaking actually better than faking it because then she'll be called out for faking it instead even if it's a natural transition

— broom broom broom (@BubbleLOEY) March 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/Bee11Q/status/1635753878145712134?s=20

Iss qoum ka aik masla hy. Jalti hy dosroon ki success dekh kar. Bus. Im so happy that she is living her life to the fullest while people are stooping as low as possible here to earn some tiny external validation.

— 🅒🅤🅟🅘🅓 𝕏 (@TheJaanIbraheem) March 14, 2023

https://twitter.com/maulana_banana/status/1635610178153488385?s=20

Ralph Lauren ghusney bhi nahi de ga apne store me aap ko and has tailored the dress specifically for her. Angrezi ka accent agar daar-o-madaar hota tau sarey cambridge or lums walay government officials honey chaiyen

— 🅒🅤🅟🅘🅓 𝕏 (@TheJaanIbraheem) March 14, 2023

While many people were critical, there were a bunch who agreed with the user to some extent.

Till date don’t I fail to understand k baji ne ‘girls girls’ karne k Illawa Kia Kya hai. Ye malala propaganda ppl will find out in coming decades. And to haters, bhaee hum ko chaiye hi nai aisi success

— M (@nm_maddy) March 15, 2023