I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban in Around the Year in 52 Books

Mar 11, 2018 Kavitha Sivakumar rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ir-armchair-2018

Kudos Malala! What an amazing woman!

Simply written, an eye opener with lots of insights about what is going on from a girl’s point of view. I always wondered how people could follow fanatics who commits atrocities in the name of religion. Malala explains how people could be duped by them because of anarchy, distrust in officials and lack of education. Even the educated can be duped if all they learn is government fed so called truths and wrong interpretation of Quran verses by conceited religiou ...more

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Apr 19, 2016 Marie (UK) rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2016-reading-challenge

I have to say the first 3/4 of this book is the best cure for insomnia going. There is far too much about pakistani history and the life of Malala's family. She claims to have decided at a very young age that she would not conform to the Islamic expectations of women - I suspect she was brought up to feel like that because of the way her father, in particular, treated her and that this was less a decision of hers than one of her father's. I find the writing contradictory sometime very mature and ...more

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Feb 01, 2021 Monica rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021-alphabet-authors, 2021-goodreads-collective-challenge, library-book, book-club-books, audio

I listened to this story. I decided to listen because I have had trouble concentrating on books like this lately. I enjoyed the story and I also feel that this helped me understand the story better. Some of the names and places that I am not sure of how to pronounce makes it hard to understand the story at times. Listening really helped with that.

This was a book club read for February. I am glad our library book club picked this book. I felt that I learned more about life during the Taliban and ...more

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Aug 23, 2024 Penny rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2024, 2024-non-fiction, 2024-children-ya

Malala’s story is well known and needs no rehashing - shot by the Taliban, moved to England for treatment and stayed, youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.It was surprising I had not read this, as the first place I ever lived overseas was Pakistan, in Islamabad, and I have visited many of the places referenced. I lived some of the history and loved the country despite much of its politics and attitude towards women, although when I lived there the Taliban was not yet a reality. There was ...more

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Nov 11, 2016 Baroness Ekat rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-reading-challenge, banned-books

I enjoyed this book and the reading of it. I found myself more in awe of Malala as the book progressed.

I fully recognize that I had and have so much more than many people in the world do. I intellectually knew of the persecution of women and the denial of many to education. But hearing it in the words of one who experienced it made it more real.

This was indeed a book I am glad I read/listened to and would recommend to another.

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