A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I nearly died it was merely after midday."
When the Taliban took administration of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one lady spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her correct to an education.
On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she nearly paid the remaining value. She was shot in the head at degree-clear range whereas driving the bus residence from school, and few anticipated her to survive.
Instead, Malala's miraculous restoration has taken her on a unprecedented journey from a distant valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she turned a worldwide image of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.
I AM MALALA is the distinctive story of a family uprooted by worldwide terrorism, of the battle for ladies' education, of a father who, himself a school proprietor, championed and impressed his daughter to put in writing down and attend school, and of brave mom and father who’ve a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.
I AM MALALA will make you contemplate in the power of 1 particular person's voice to encourage change in the world.