Netizens react to Malala Yousafzai’s Pakistani accent at Oscars 2023

• Malala Yousafzai recently attended the Academy Awards.
• Malala was unable to shield herself from cyberbullying.
• She received a lot of criticism for her Pakistani accent at the Oscars.

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 event was recently attended by the activist 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 controversy began when a Twitter user unwisely expressed her opinions about Yousafzai using English while conducting a red-carpet interview. All fire broke out as the tweet appeared online, splitting social media users.

The original tweet reads:

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 !

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And idc how many haters I get after this !pic.twitter.com/43lFK7dJ4q

— meenay (@lanadelmeem) March 13, 2023

Associate Research Analyst Zunaira Inam of the Institute of Regional Studies responded:

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

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

This is how Twitterati responded:

twitter user lanadelmeem is a hero: she has actually managed to say something so stupid that she has united the malala haters AND the malala fans (go see the replies) https://t.co/y727yxn0aK

— Preloved Feminist (@agirlhasnogames) March 14, 2023

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

Yall made me realise the first date questions should include what is your opinion about malala… “idc how many haters i get after this” edi tu rihanna https://t.co/LCbrtcK2Ls

— 🍓 (@strawb3rryspic3) March 14, 2023

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.

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— ⒸⓊⓅⒾⒹ X (@TheJaanIbraheem) March 14, 2023

Tum wohi log ho Jo 4 ghantay ke layover mey he accent utha letey hain?

— – (@maulana_banana) March 14, 2023

Raho gey tou phir ap log angrezon k ghulam he na😂
Accept Itna matter karta hai? English isn’t even our language yet we speak it. Angrezon ko kabhi khalis urdu accent me boltay suna hai? No ? Because it’s not important 😂

— Fatima🇵🇸 (@fattuuz) March 14, 2023

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Her english sounds fine. Its actually a good thing she is speaking in her original accent and not adopting a new one. Shows that she’s comfortable in her own skin

— AMW (@AMW__777) March 14, 2023

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

Acchi hi hain, yaar. Aur accent kii baat hain then it’s better to keep your original desi one than to imbibe a faux-UK one

— Nadir Cazi (@nadircazi) March 15, 2023

In 2021, Yousafzai got married to Asser Malik. The couple went to the ceremony for her short film Stranger At The Gate together.

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