The highly anticipated memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan's Swat region who stood up to the Taliban.
Malala Yousafzai, the educational campaigner from Swat Valley, Pakistan, came to public attention by writing for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban. Using the pen name Gul Makai, she often spoke about her family's fight for girls' education in her community. In October 2012 Malala was targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head as she was returning from school on a bus. She miraculously survived and continues her campaign for education. In recognition of her courage and advocacy, Malala was honoured with the National Peace Prize in Pakistan in 2011 and nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize in the same year. She is the youngest ever person to win the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, taking that honour in 2014. She was shortlisted for Time Magazine Person of the Year and has received numerous other awards. Malala continues to champion universal access to education through The Malala Fund, a non-profit organization investing in community-led education programs and supporting education advocates around the world.
Moving and illuminating
*OBSERVER*
For sheer inspiration read I Am Malala
*THE TIMES*
Not only powerful, but also very instructive about the recent
history of Pakistan and the pressures of everyday life there. One
finishes the book full of admiration both for Malala, and for her
father, who has clearly inspired her
*THE SUNDAY TIMES*
Malala Yousafzai's story begins with her parents being commiserated
with after producing a baby girl. In their part of northern
Pakistan, she says, rifle shots ring out in celebration of a baby
boy's arrival. But there is no such fanfare for females: their
destiny is to cook and clean, to be neither seen nor heard... So
how did Malala, who barely warranted a mention in her family's
genealogy, become destined for the history books as a powerful
symbol for girls' universal right to an education? Her memoir I Am
Malala tells us how
*DAILY TELEGRAPH*
One of the more moving details in I Am Malala is that her mother
was due to start learning to read and write on the day Malala was
shot - 9 October 2012
*The GUARDIAN*
Her story is astonishing
*SPECTATOR*
This memoir brings out her best qualities. You can only admire her
courage and determination. Her thirst for education and reform
appear genuine. She also has an air of innocence, and there is an
indestructible confidence. She speaks with such poise that you
forget Malala is 16
*THE TIMES*
Inspirational and powerful
*GRAZIA*
The medical team that saved Malala; her own stoicism and
resilience; the support of her family, now, again in exile, this
time in Birmingham; Malala's level-headed resolve to continue to
champion education and children's rights - these are all powerful
reminders of the best in human nature. Much of the money Malala has
been awarded has gone to the Malala fund (www.malalafund.org).
"Please join my mission," she asks. It's vital that those of us who
can, do
*OBSERVER*
A tale of immense courage and conviction which begins as [Malala]
is shot for campaigning for the rights of girls to an education
*THE INDEPENDENT*
Malala's voice has the purity, but also has the rigidity, of the
principled. Whether she is being a competitive teenager and keeping
track of who she bet in exams (and by how much) or writing a blog
for the BBC that catapulted her on to the international stage - "We
were learning how to struggle. And we were learning how powerful we
are when we speak" - or talking about Pakistan's politicians
("useless"), Malala is passionate and intense. Her faith and her
duty to the cause of girls' education is unquestionable, her
adoration for her father - her role model and comrade in arms - is
moving and her pain at the violence carried out in the name of
Islam is palpable
*GUARDIAN*
The story of the girl shot by the Taliban for speaking up for
women's education is one of idealism and stubborn courage, and a
reminder that women's rights and many children's rights to
education are continually threatened
*METRO*
She has the heart and courage of a lioness and is a true
inspiration
*THE SUN*
One finishes the book full of admiration both for Malala, and for
her father, who has clearly inspired her
*THE SUNDAY TIMES*
Part memoir, part mission statement. I Am Malala recounts the early
life of the Pakistani schoolgirl who spoke out against the Taliban
and was shot for her defiance. Her recovery, bravery and stoicism -
and her father, Ziauddin - make for shocking and moving reading
*EMERALD STREET*
Malala's story is gripping, tragic and yet ultimately full of hope.
Faced with religious fundamentalism, suicide bombers and death
threats her courage, stoicism and wisdom shine through at every
turn. The bond she shares with her father - an equally courageous
man whose views on equality are at odds with many of his countrymen
- is also very movingly described
*WOMAN'S WAY*
This remarkable book is part memoir, part manifesto. I feel
enriched from having read it. I also feel humbled. Our obsession
with school performance is suddenly marginalised by a story in
which education, quite literally, proves a matter of life and
death
*THE EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT*
It's hard to believe that this intelligent, charismatic and very
poised young women is still just 16 years old. There is so much
hope and expectation resting on those inspirational small
shoulders
*GLASGOW HERALD*
The Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban has astonished the
world with her courage and determination to fight for education and
equal rights for women
*FINANCIAL TIMES*
Honest, insightful and piercingly wise, this is the celebrity
memoir to give your teenaged daughter this Christmas
*INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY*
Read the story of the remarkable young woman who refused to be
silenced after she was shot in the head by the Taliban on a school
bus in 2012. At 16, she has become a global symbol of peaceful
protest and the youngest ever nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize
*BABY & ME*
The media didn't really take on board the fact, which emerges from
her book I Am Malala, that every single day for her was a protest.
She would hide her pens and books under her clothes on the way to
school and ignore the Taliban's threats. She is a role model, not
just a victim
*STANDPOINT*
It's hard to find the words to describe what this girl has done,
not only for young women everywhere, but also for the world in
which it feels like the bad guys always win. I'm choked up just
writing this
*GLASGOW HERALD*
I felt both humbled and inspired by I am Malala, the remarkable
story of the young educational campaigner from Pakistan's Swat
valley, who miraculously survived after bring shot by the dark
forces of fundamentalism. Deftly written with the help of an
award-winning foreign correspondent, this is a must-read for anyone
seeking to understand the tortured politics of the Taliban in the
North-West Frontier
*THE TABLET*
Malala has shown extraordinary courage in campaigning for the
millions of girls who are still denied an education. Uplifting and
inspirational
*TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT*
The inspirational story of the girl who singlehandedly showed that
the pen is mightier that the sword should be required reading for
people of all ages
*ARMY & YOU*
A rich and riveting account of a short, brave and admirable
life
*SUNDAY BUSINESS POST (Ireland)*
The book is equally Malala's story of love for her family and
respect for her father who comes across as an inspirational figure.
It is a book of courage and endurance in the face of tremendous
odds. I Am Malala should be read by everyone who sees education as
an agency of liberation for both boys and girls and an
indispensable weapon in the struggle against ignorance and
oppression
*ARMADILLO*
This courageous and extraordinary young woman has become something
of a world symbol. Her stand for education of women in her own
native Pakistan was a courageous one, but it should not lead
Western readers to think that such things only happened over there.
She and her family now live abroad, but as her speeches and
appearances show, she continues her campaign for the right of young
people everywhere to fully realise their potential
*IRISH CATHOLIC*
The world is entranced by the story of the 15-year-old girl who was
shot in the head by the Taliban because she wished to go to school.
Flown over to Birmingham for emergency surgery, she has emerged as
an elegant and brave spokesgirl for a better future. This book
should inspire girls the world over
*CATHOLIC HERALD*
Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world
*J.K. Rowling*
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