I am Malala

Titel: I am Malala

The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Edited by: Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

Page: 293

Published: 2013

Content: Who is Malala? The Gunman demanded. I am Malala. This is my story. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday 9 October 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price when she was shot in the head at point-blank range.

Malala Yousafzai`s extraordinary journey has taken her from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations. At seventeen she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and it`s the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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