So, the class I was subbing for was reading I am Malala (the Young Readers Edition) and as I was reading a good portion of it anyway, I decided to read the whole thing! Malala Yousfzai is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She spoke up to change the fate of children’s education, especially for girls in her native Pakistan. So my journey through this started with Chapter 14 – 16, then 1-8, 17-19, 9-13, then the rest of the book. But […]
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
Malala Yousafzai and her struggle for education for women in Pakistan was launched into the international spotlight when she was shot in the head by the Taliban and survived. I Am Malala is her story of growing up in a Pakistan that slowly morphed into a unrecognizable country under an religious extremist government. When the Taliban moved into Pakistan they began severely limiting the rights of women, preferring them to be neither seen or heard and disallowing girls from going to school. Malala is a typical girl […]