Watashi wa Marara
Subtitle: kyōiku no tame ni tachiagari, Tariban ni utareta shōjo
By: Marara Yusufuzai cho ; Kurisutīna Ramu cho ; Kanehara Mizuhito + Nishida Yoshiko yaku
Contributors: Lamb, Christina, author; Kanehara, Mizuhito, 1954- translator; Nishida, Yoshiko, translator
Publisher: Gakken Paburisshingu
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9784054058460
Subjects: Young women; Education; Children's rights; Biography
Work titles: I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Description: When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. This is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons. This story will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.
Notes: Translation of:I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban.