Written by: Muskan Singh - 2023005, Grade IX
Posted on: 01 September, 2020
Books are those who have inspired me in many aspects of my life. I enjoy reading books. They help to make me free from the stress by taking me to a new world without traveling. And it also enhances our imagination, creativity and teaches us about different aspects of life and the world. Subsequently, I have read several books. However, my all times, Favourite book is, “I am Malala, the girl that stood for education and was shot by the Taliban.” I have read the book of Malala, yet I read them again as I never get bored of it.
“I am Malala” is the real story of a fourteen-year-old girl’s campaign for women’s right to education. When she was conducting this campaign she was shot by the Taliban in 2011 when she was returning to her home from school through the bus. Due to this case, her campaign became more powerful and she got support from Pakistan and England. Malala’s story is an example of courage and advocacy as she was shot in the head by the Taliban but she miraculously survived and continued her campaign.
The first part of this book describes Pakistan’s history and her ancestor’s culture and tradition. Malala shared about her family and friends as well. She mainly describes her father Ziauddin Yousafzai. Through her story, I learned that the courage and strength she has was inspired by her father’s character. Ziauddin Yousafzai disobeyed Taliban orders by running a private school that encouraged girls to attend which inspired Malala. Her father faced many obstacles and the main motto of her father’s school was that “We are committed to building for you the call of the new era”. Her father believed that the pen is more powerful than swords which inspired me a lot.
Her father was the person who gave her courage and strength to stand to fight for the women’s education right and which ultimately helped her to be the youngest Nobel peace prize winner.
Some of the quotes of Malala was really motivational, my favorite quote derived by her is, “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” This is just a sentence but has deep meaning. Malala is considered as the symbol of peace and bravery across the world. Not only has Malala become an international symbol of inspiration and bravery, but her survival instilled educators with courage-and is slowly helping make Pakistani schools safer.
So, I think that this is a must-read book. I found this book very much inspiring and motivation due to which I consider this as the best book I have read till today. She delivered about education in one of her speeches that was, “Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow. Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.”
So, I recommend this book to everyone, and I believe that whoever will read this book would get something through it.
