A children's book that tells the story of Dr. Greg Mortenson's promise to build a school in a remote Himalayan village after the villagers saved his life.
Text and photographs look at the life of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.
The author describes her upbringing in Pakistan where her father refused to give her as a child bride and instead insisted on her education. Recounts the author's pride in her culture that was shaken when her cousin was murdered by her uncle in an honor killing, and relates how the death inspired the author to start a Facebook campaign that went viral, and later as an adult, to create a foundation that empowers women in rural communities through education and employment.
A biography of Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani woman who was shot by the Taliban for sharing her views about education and the unfair treatment of girls and women, and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
the C.I.A. and America's secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Coll, Steve
2018
"[Provides an] explanation of how America came to be so badly ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia"--Amazon.
A biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.
