I am malala

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. In October 2012, when she was fifteen, Malala almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala’s heroic recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she emerged as a global symbol of peaceful protest. A year later she became the youngest recipient ever of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Hailed by the Associated Press for its “arresting detail,’ I Am Malala will make readers believe in the power of one person’s voice to inspire change in the world.

MALALA YOUSAFZA1 was targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head in 2012. She miraculously survived and continues her campaign for education. In recognition of her courage and advocacy, Malala won Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize in 2011 and in 2014 she was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

“The voice that beams I am Malala’ is the voice that continues to meet the assassin’s challenge. It is the voice of a courageous campaigner who still fights for girls’ education. The voice of an icon who may one day be able to return to her country, but who even from afar symbolizes its noblest cause.”
– SHEHRYAR FAZLI,