‘I Am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb is a remarkable book about a young Pakistani educational campaigner who was shot in head by the Taliban. It’s an inspiring story giving the message of world peace and discouraging the idea of discrimination on the basis of gender.
It was a day like any other when Malala Yousafzai was heading home in a school van with her friends, when she was shot in the head by the Taliban, close to the Pakistani army check post. "Who is Malala?" the young gunman who stopped the Khushal school van asked. None of the girls answered, but everyone in the valley knew who Malala was. The militant also managed to injure two other girls sitting next to her. This was the Taliban’s way of penalizing a girl who was fighting for girls’ education, who refused to cower in the face of threats, and who believed that Islam doesn’t preach hate or encourage the killing of innocents. The book has thrown light on the various customs and rituals in the girl’s village.
Christina Lamb, the author of the book is a British journalist who is currently Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Times. She has written other books like Waiting for Allah: Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan and The Sewing Circles of Herat: My Afghan Years. She has an evident passion for Pakistan.
The book helps us to form a totally new opinion about the country and the people. Malala Yousafzai has been awarded many national and international prizes and awards. She had been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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