I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

Oct 2013 · Sold by Little, Brown

About this ebook

A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

As seen on Netflix with David Letterman
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."

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.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous 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 became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

Ratings and reviews

I don't like the word profile, about myself and a stranger that I do not know. I am afraid, though, that it is necessary in a country, America, that is so divided by race, color, origin of nationality, religion, politically and too often I wonder who is really being persecuted today.I was born after the second war in Hawaii and is of Japanese descent so I am not Japanese but an American that could not swim in the pool or walk on the park. Yes, there was envy but no hate on how my parents raised us. The taunting of being Japanese descent that attacked Pearl Harbor was rough but no public school books told us of how the Americans acquired Hawaii? Does this reader know? My father went to 7th grade and mom to the 3rd and with all negatives my mom quietly pursed her lips and put her finger to lips, no sound. Indigestion! My Mom just said to not mind negatives, no time so study hard. . . I saw young Malala's movie and yeah, some tears came flowing but then the part that implied that Malala is a puppet of her dad, an opportunist, and on and on. Who is not a product of their environment, the choice of words we use on different occasions, the range of emotions that we learn from family and envjronment. All our communication skills are a product of environment unless those who criticized little Malala just got hatched from an alien, retarded cockroach egg that drifted down from a comet and instantly knew of earth's communication tools. What a powerful puppet we have in Malala who was shot and still threatened with death even until today because she expressed her views on equal education for girls as a little kid in an environment who she knew believed death was justified by her actions, wow! She still goes public till today with her messages that millions will hear. The fame and money is not enough for most to believe it is worth dying for. Remember, she was know for spreading words before coming to a new world from a very humble family.I wish there were more puppets in this great big world, (I am not, I am the Japanese American with the indigestion, remember?), as young Malala so maybe the world can start being more civil to their neighbors. What did these intellectually challenged distractions contribute to humanity, lately?

I am really bewildered when people from Pakistan call Malala Yousafzai a western agent. From her book I learned what part the Pak army and specially general Kiani played in saving her.

Malalas story is inspiring and unbeliveable. Its a crazy true story though,and I can't get over what she did for girls education. I would never be able to do what she did. She went through a tragedy,recovered,and still fights for girls education. She is the type of person everyone looks up to. To me she is a super hero, she's not just a girl she is a woman. I learned all about her in school, whatched shows that she was on, and learned all about her.

About the author

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 awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, becoming the youngest-ever recipient at just seventeen years of age. She was also honored with the National Youth Peace Prize in Pakistan in 2011 and the International Children's Peace Prize in 2013, and she was short-listed for Time magazine's Person of the Year.

Malala continues to champion universal access to education through the Malala Fund, a non-
profit organization investing in community-led programs and supporting education advocates around the world.




Christina Lamb is one of the world's leading foreign correspondents. She has reported on Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1987. Educated at Oxford and Harvard, she is the author of five books and has won a number of awards, including Britain's Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times, as well as the Prix Bayeux-Calvados, Europe's most prestigious award for war correspondents. She currently works for the Sunday Times and lives in London and Portugal with her husband and son.