- Number Of Pages: 352 Pages
- Genre Of Book: Autobiography
- Literature: Pakistani Literature
- Published On: 2013
- Awards: Goodreads Choice Award for memoir & Autobiography(2013), The Duff Cooper Prize(2013), Shortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards(2013)
“One child,one teacher,one book,one pen can change the world”
“I am Malala” is the autobiography of a Pakistani female education activist who is not only the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 2014 but the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. It is an inspiring story of a teenage Pakistani girl from one of the remote valleys of northern Pakistan. This memoir uncovers the truth about how women and young girls are treated and opressed in these patriarchal countries and how they are deprived of basic rights and education. Malala, at a very young age, learned the importance of education and voiced out her strong opinions in favor of young girls’ education but against the Taliban values. She had to pay a very heavy price for it. She got shot by Talibani at a very young age, at just 11 years old, and she has to play between her life and death. The pain she endured and with the resilience she recovered that too only when she was 11 years old is just admirable. I am very much empathetic towards her journey, the torment she has to bore, and the difficult circumstances she had to face.
But somehow, for me, Malala’s father is a real hero of the story. Ziauddin Yousafzai, a poet, school owner, and educational activist, runs a chain of private schools in the northern valley of Pakistan,known as the Khushal Public School. Malala wouldn’t have been “The Malala” without the freedom and the values her father taught her at a very young age. It is not easy to have that kind of intellect, courage, and audacity at the age where you are just trying to understand both the worlds,the world of kids and the world of adults,the world of innocence and the world of wisdom, the world of unique experiences and the world of challenges. Definitely, all of it comes from the core values her father instilled in her at a young age. They say behind“every successful daughter ,there is always a truly amazing father.” Her father is a sheer example of it.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Malala is internationally known for her courageous activism in advocating for girls’ right to education, particularly in regions where the Taliban had banned girls from attending school.
On October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman while riding the bus home from school. The attack was an attempt to silence her, but it only amplified her cause. Malala was flown to Birmingham, UK, for treatment, and after recovering, she continued her activism on a global scale.
In 2013, Malala published her autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, co-written with Christina Lamb. The book chronicles her life, her fight for education, and her near-fatal attack by the Taliban. It became an international bestseller and further solidified her position as a leading advocate for education.
Nobel Peace Prize:
In 2014, at the age of 17, Malala became the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. She shared the award with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist.
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