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By Malala yousufzai?"
yes iam after exams inshallah.
I started it before MIDS,went thought first three chapters. Baqi mids ka bad.!
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today was my second mid exam and i'll be free by friday. you have paper book or soft copy?
mine too;i got a soft copy!
which discipline are you in?
what reading medium u use,I am looking to buy a tablet these days,cause' i hate reading on my laptop.And maira yer wanna start it together after mids.I would love to have some one reading the same book as me at the same time !
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sure. i'll start it as soon as my mids are finished. probably till Saturday
mine will end on monday;!Hey u are not Studying in UET, are you?
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and no iam not from uet.
i have read that,not impressive just followed a certain type of doctrine,propaganda against the homeland.
where can i get this book in softcopy???
I have started reading it, so far it's very good, and I have not found any propaganda against Pakistan so far; on the contrary she talks about the beauty of swat and of her childhood, and the pride of her identity; if she has discussed oppression of women, it's because that's how it is in the part of Pakistan depicted. It's unfortunate, but it's true, and if we are not willing to accept our faults, we can never fix them. Most of you here know how I feel about this subject, I better not say more, anyway this discussion is about the book, so I will reserve my comments for later. I will say that it is eye-opening for all of us who think of education as a right rather than a gift.
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Glad to hear that Maira. It shows your open-mindedness, which is the hallmark of a sincere reader. I'm about 75 % done, will post my review soon.
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disgusted and offended by some of the things she wrote in the book. A true pro zionist (Yahoodi sazish (-_-)
Ayesha, everyone is entitled to their opinion. I just don't see how a girl who talks in her book about Islam and it's teachings, about Namaz and modesty, about the importance of helping others and of gaining education, about courage and forgiveness, has anything to do with a Jewish (or any other) conspiracy.I will say that people who believe that this is all a conspiracy, etc. should not read the book. I would not read a biography of a person I either disliked or did not care about, simply because it would not interest me, and time is finite after all. Anyway I am happy that the rest of the world has recognized her effort even though we have failed to do so.
Well as you put it yourself that everyone is entitled to their opinion I gotta stick to the fact that a girl who wasnt even born in Zia ul haq's regime can so blatantly accuse him. someone should justify that. I am not against her and i do applaud the way she carries herself after all what happened to her but she is a kid and should act like one. The book can be called for a way of mild brain washing hence its banned in Pakistan. It was her socio economic responsibility to portray a better image of her country which she rather failed to do so because well we all know why. i rest my case. No offence.
I think the tragedy of Pakistan is our priorities. So we feel that the biggest threat is a biography of a 16- year-old girl? Is that really what we should fear? Shouldnt lack of education and ignorance and violence be our greatest fear?As to her being a child, people have criticized her for not doing enough and getting the credit, forgetting that she is a child. Others want her to act her age and not write about political figures she didn't grow up with. I think that's unfair. We all have the right to write about events before our time, our opinions are often an amalgamation of what we have read, heard, learnt--not necessarily witnessed.
Ok I rest my case too. May be.
Anyone has the epub format they are willing to share?
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This book should be titled,"I am Christina Lamb."
I have read, recommended to those who really are Malala‘s fan. Nevertheless the book doesn’t get out of the hand, it’s gripping.
I have got a con to add. Malala and her fellow English writer Lamb had represented our Pakistan in a very bad light. Showing that Talibans, illiteracy and un feminist approach is very common in Pakistan which we know it isn’t so for my point of view they had created a bad view of Pakistan for non Pakistani readers. The book in a whole is gibberish of a Swati girl who is trying to act as wannabe Caucasian kinds. Also Her book was banned by Pakistani private schools for mentioning the prophet Muhammad's name without using the abbreviation PBUH – "peace be upon him" – as is customary.
We are often more worried about the image of Pakistan rather than Pakistan itself. If we do not recognise the problems, we will be far from solving them. Did you want Malala to sing praises of the Taliban after they shot her in the head at 16? She loves Pakistan as she has made clear in her book.
There's a discussion going on since 2013, wow.
@ Lara Zuberi I am so glad to read your message here. I was among the few lucky ones who got their hands on a soft copy of your book " the lost pearl". Hope you're doing great Doc. Also I would say when I read " I am Malala " back in 2014 I was a teenager who was "hormonal" about the soft image of Pakistan. But I guess now as an adult, I still am. As Pakistanis, the responsibility lies on our shoulders to maintain a good image of the country. Why? Because it deserves a chance to be taken for it stands for which is peace and not what it has grown to become because of certain non state actors and an insecure, anal-fixated neighbor.
Thank you Aisha. I’m glad you enjoyed TLP. I agree with you regarding the image of Pakistan. I do feel however, that we should be enraged by people committing murders of innocent people rather than focussing our discontent with the portrayal. As part of living our country we all can do our part in promoting women’s education and peace and all that is good, while highlighting what is already good, such as our family value system.
I don't want to engage in an endless debate about Malala.However,there are certain points that need to be made regarding her book :The book is written by British journalist Christina Lamb.It is essentially her history of Pakistan.Her antipathy towards Pakistan is well known from her previous books,Waiting for Allah,The Sewing Circles of Herat,as well as from this one.Lamb has written what she has wanted.
According to the book,Swat valley should not be part of Pakistan.That is hardly conveying" love of Pakistan". Nor is this introduction,"I was born in a country that was created after midnight,when I was shot,it was just after midday."
When it comes to praise and glorification of Malala,there is no shortage of that.
The book is very critical of Pakistan's military.This despite the fact that Malala and her father had no compunctions about taking taking
funds from them,and she was provided the best medical treatment in military hospitals,which saved her.
These are Christina Lamb's views about Pakistan's military.Malala was a teenager when this book was written.A large part of the book is not even about Malala,it is Lamb's slanted commentary on Pakistan.
The book panders to a Western audience,and succeeded in generating massive sales.
Father and daughter have made an opportunistic career of making money from their story.The Malala Fund now has millions of dollars in donations.The Nobel Prize alone was worth a million dollars.
She charged over $50,00 dollars per appearance on the global speaker circuit,and made lots of appearances.This is not an altruistic campaign for girls' education,but certainly is one for personal enrichment and celebrity.
And what contribution has it made to girls'education in Pakistan ? One school in Swat !
She has been granted audiences with world leaders including Obama,has been handed the Nobel Prize and given endless coverage in Western media.
No one gets this much publicity without an organized publicity machine behind them,and she has got the full backing of the West.
I am sick and tired of people praising her to the skies and projecting her as some kind of saviour.That,she is not.She has not made contributions of that sort,and her fame is out of all proportion to her actual accomplishments.But when it comes to personal glorification,she and her father have done exceedingly well.They certainly deserve awards for that.They have milked their story for all it's worth and have made a career out of seeking donations.
They now have a cushy life in the West,worldwide celebrity and lots of money,while endlessly glorifying and enriching themselves.And such people are being hero worshipped in the endless glare of publicity.
That’s a rather endless post for not wanting an endless debate. I’ll only say one last thing: that if any of us were given a choice between fame with gunshot to the head, brain surgery with a permanent disability vs a life of oblivion, none of us would choose the former. If you cannot commend her for her work in education of girls in Pakistan, and many other countries, please do not malign a girl who was shot at 16 and managed to channel her life into such a meaningful existence. Moreover, she has remained rooted to her Pakistani identity which is easily visible in her book, her UN address and her interviews.
Sameer wrote: "I have got a con to add. Malala and her fellow English writer Lamb had represented our Pakistan in a very bad light. Showing that Talibans, illiteracy and un feminist approach is very common in Pak..."I read that book 2 years before. Tbh it gave me a poor image on Pakistan as an Indian. I was not a big fan of Malala before, after reading this book I just lost all my respect to her.
It's my personal opinion okay. This book is mainly about glorifying Malala and her father. In some part I felt it was over exaggerating. The popularity she got was not so deserving according to me.
Everyone is like 'she was shot at head at 16, blah blah blah!!'. In my knowledge she isn't the only one who was shot by taliban, there are a lot of victims in Pakistan and Afghanistan. None of them received noble prize or any recognition. The same time Malala was shot, a girl from Pak or Afghanistan (I don't remember the exact place) was killed due to drone attack.I don't think their agenda is to be philanthropic. After being a world recognised celebrity, Malala and her father haven't developed Swat or anything. They only returned there only once or twice afrer the attack. If she want she can use her voice for Muslims and her country's welfare. As far as I know, she didn't do anything such.
PS. I am not under estimating the attack she faced. Due to some point, I believe the attack was real unlike majority of people who don't support her.
Yes,she wasn't the only one who was shot. And she lived.Thousands,maybe hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis lost their lives in terror attacks.They are simply forgotten,no Nobel Prizes for them.
Maira wrote: "I agree with Waseem on almost all points. If Malala really had a philanthropic agenda, she would have been here in Pakistan."Glad to know you agree,Maira.
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