Azzahra Moulia Andina

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"'I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai" Book Review

A story about young activist who has fought a deadly battle for women rights and girls'
education in Pakistan. This autobiography shows who Malala really is. She's not just an
inspirational figure that can make everyone, especially women, feel motivated,but she's also an
ordinary girl who everyone can relate to. Malala's struggle to fight for democracy and freedom
has made her gained support from all over the world. That is why this book is so captivating to
read. The tale about such courageous dan determined girl fight againts the extremist for the
sake of world peace.

The story begins with Malala's daily life in "the most beautiful place in all the world the Swat
Valley, is a heavenly kingdom of mountains, gushing waterfalls and crystal-clear lakes" as she
described it. She and her family are pashtun and lived in the largest city of the valley, Mingora.

Her father, Ziauddin, studied at Swat's Jehanzeb College and worked as an english teacher.
Because of his hatred for the usual education system that put rules above creativity and open-
mindness, he founded Khushal Public School, with a help of friend.

That is clear where Malala got her rebellious nature and independece from. Malala had been
questioning the tradition like how girls should just be at home and wait to get married rather than
pursuing education and careers.
Her involvement in politics at such a young age to fight the Taliban comes from her father
advice 'I will protect your freedom, Malala. Carry on with your dreams.’

One day, Malala founded by Abdul Hai Kakar, a peshwar-based BBC radio correspondent. She
was chosen to be a representative of school girls to write a diary about life under Taliban. Then,
she ultimately worked out on a arrangement with Hai Kakar to speak on their phones between
30-45 minutes. He would write their conversation and once a seek the would appear on the
BBC urdu website.

To protect her true identity, Hai Kakar suggested the alias Gul Makai, “which means ‘cornflower’
and is the name of the heroine in a Pashtun folk story.” Her first entry titled "I Am Afraid",
opened up her new chapter in life.

Not in a long time, Malala's diary became a popular destination on BBC Urdu, especially her
strong position on the importance of education for girls. Her view on The Taliban who were a
threat for education, especially for girls. She said "Taliban think if a child learns english or
studies science, he or she will become westernized." Then she pointed out “education is neither
Eastern nor Western, it is human.”
The climax of the story started when several gunmen boarded her school bus and demanded to
know "Who is Malala?". They attempted to shoot her; one bullet passed through her forehead
and barely missed her brain. Malala was eventually flown out of Pakistan to the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, for successful reconstructive surgery. She still lives
there.

The assassination plot turned out to be a tactical error. “I realized what the Taliban had done,”
Malala writes, “was make my campaign global.” The Pakistani government condemned the
Taliban for this attack, and searched for her attackers. Malala has since won many awards,
spoken in front of the United Nations, and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala's campaign to fight for girls' education in Pakistan has captured lots of hearts from
around the world. Still a long way to fight patriarchy in this world, but the progress is been made.
Her efforts and accomplishedment should be our inspiration to to fight for freedom injustice in
this world.