On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. You can visit her online at the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Mariam is also the illustrator of the picture book ONE WISH: Fatima Al-Fihri and the World’s Oldest University. When she’s not thinking about books you can find her day dreaming about the flowers from her hometown in Karachi, Pakistan and tending to her many orchid plants. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, she works in watercolor and gouache. Mariam Quraishi is an illustrator and designer based in New York City. Malala's books include I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World, We Are Displaced, and Malala's Magic Pencil. She is a graduate of Oxford University, with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. A year later, Malala received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts to see every girl complete twelve years of free, safe, and quality education. In 2013, she founded Malala Fund with her father, Ziauddin. Malala recovered in the United Kingdom and continued her fight for girls. At age fifteen, she was attacked by the Taliban for speaking out. Inspired by her father's activism, Malala soon began advocating publicly for girls' education, attracting international media attention and awards. Malala began her campaign for education at age eleven, when she anonymously blogged for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban in Pakistan's Swat Valley. Malala’s powerful story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person - one young person - can inspire change in her community and beyond.Ībout the Author Malala Yousafzai is a cofounder and board member of Malala Fund. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir, which has been reimagined specifically for a younger audience and includes exclusive photos and material, we hear firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world - and did. Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school. So she fought for her right to be educated. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes.
They said women weren’t allowed to go to the market.
Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
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