Name: | I Am Malala |
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By: | Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb – contributor |
Narrated by: | Archie Panjabi |
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Length | 9 hrs and 55 mins |
Category: | Biographies & Memoirs, Politics & Activism |
Release Date: | 2013-10-07 |
Language: | English |
The I Am Malala book was published on October 8, 2013, and as of July 2014, more than 1.5 million copies have been sold. The book has received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with many reviewers praising Malala’s courage and story.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for her advocacy for girls’ and women’s rights, and especially for her advocacy for female education in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had banned girls from attending school. Yousafzai’s advocacy has since grown into an international movement, and she has become a prominent speaker on the need for girls’ education.
Christina Lamb is a British journalist and author who specializes in reporting from war zones and other areas of conflict. She has written several books, including I Am Malala, the story of Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, and The Sewing Circles of Herat, a book about Afghan women.
I Am Malala is the story of Malala Yousafzai, a young girl from Pakistan who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in favor of education for girls. The book chronicles her life leading up to the shooting, as well as her recovery and continued advocacy work.
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