I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb

July 6, 2014 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Little, Brown and Company, 2013. 327 pgs. Library copy. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai continued to insist on exercising her right to an education and refused to allow the Taliban to dictate her actions as a young, Muslim woman. Speaking out against the Taliban anonymously — although, most in the Swat Valley knew it was her — on a blog for the BBC, Yousafzai received numerous death threats from […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Middle East, Nonfiction, Religion • Tags: Christina Lamb, Malala Yousafzai