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steffilietzke's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, War, and Violence
sienna_canread's review against another edition
inspiring
medium-paced
4.25
Sometimes when I hate school I think of Malala.
book_concierge's review against another edition
5.0
Audiobook read by Archie Panjabi
The subtitle says it all: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Adapted from the book cover: 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. She not only lived, she thrived and went on, at age sixteen, to be the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.
My reactions
What an inspiring and enlightening story. Malala gives the historical background of Pakistan and the Pashtun culture, as well as that of her own family. Her father’s life-long dreams to run a school and educate the children of his valley were but the beginnings of this family’s saga. Their strength of character and courage in the face of political and religious unrest is admirable. In a society that values sons, her parents encouraged and praised their daughter’s ambitions.
For me, in particular, this became an intensely personal story. My mother’s favorite saying was: Educate a man and you educate an individual / Educate a woman and you will have educated a family. So it was appropriate that I picked this audio to listen to on the long drive back from my mother’s funeral in Texas to my home in Wisconsin. I couldn’t help but think how much my mother would have loved this book, endorsed this cause, and applauded this young woman. Malala Yousafzai has taken my mother’s favorite saying one step further; she is educating the world.
The subtitle says it all: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Adapted from the book cover: 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. She not only lived, she thrived and went on, at age sixteen, to be the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.
My reactions
What an inspiring and enlightening story. Malala gives the historical background of Pakistan and the Pashtun culture, as well as that of her own family. Her father’s life-long dreams to run a school and educate the children of his valley were but the beginnings of this family’s saga. Their strength of character and courage in the face of political and religious unrest is admirable. In a society that values sons, her parents encouraged and praised their daughter’s ambitions.
For me, in particular, this became an intensely personal story. My mother’s favorite saying was: Educate a man and you educate an individual / Educate a woman and you will have educated a family. So it was appropriate that I picked this audio to listen to on the long drive back from my mother’s funeral in Texas to my home in Wisconsin. I couldn’t help but think how much my mother would have loved this book, endorsed this cause, and applauded this young woman. Malala Yousafzai has taken my mother’s favorite saying one step further; she is educating the world.
adeselnaferreira's review against another edition
5.0
The review is huge so follow the link:
http://illusionarypleasure.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/eu-malala-2/
http://illusionarypleasure.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/eu-malala-2/