I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban.The highly anticipated memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan's Swat region who stood up to the Taliban.'I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. We'd finished...
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The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban.The highly anticipated memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl from Pakistan's Swat region who stood up to the Taliban.'I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. We'd finished for the day and I was on the open-back truck we use as a school bus. There we
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781780226583 (1780226586)
Publisher: Phoenix
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
History,
Adult,
Feminism,
Education,
Religion,
Politics,
Biography Memoir,
Womens
I remember hearing in the news about Malala. I read the articles about her and followed her recovery, and later her activism. While this book is about her, her family, and her life, it is also a history lesson about Pakistan. Overall, I liked the interweaving of history with family life. This is one...
I was fascinated, horrified, and inspired by this story of Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot in the face by the Taliban for daring to insist upon the rights of girls to an education and to criticize the Taliban for their interpretation of Islamic law with respect to women and violence. It is a...
Powerful. That's how I would describe this book. The story gave us an insight of life in Swat Valley before it was taken over by the Taliban, and how extremist views can gain massive followers in such short time and affected people's lives with fear. Malala is a hero - a symbol of bravery and ...
Malala Yousafzai is an amazing young woman. She is strong, feminine, vulnerable, brave, and afraid all at the same time. I can't imagine going through the things she went through, even before she was shot. The running, and being driven from her home, and the death threats. I didn't know all that muc...
Malala Yousafzai is an amazing young woman. She is strong, feminine, vulnerable, brave, and afraid all at the same time. I can't imagine going through the things she went through, even before she was shot. The running, and being driven from her home, and the death threats. I didn't know all that muc...
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