pakistan

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Three cups of tea

one man's journey to change the world-- one child at a time
2009
Adapts for young readers Greg Mortenson's book in which he recounts the experiences he had while trying to help impoverished villages in Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya build schools for their children.

The convert

a tale of exile and extremism
2011
Documents the conversion of Jewish suburbanite Margaret Marcus to Maryam Jameelah, drawing on personal correspondence and the author's investigation into Maryam's adoptive father to resolve questions about the legitimacy and significance of her decision.

My years in a Pakistani prison

the untold story of Kishorilal alias Amarik Singh alias Saleem, an Indian spy in Pakistan
2008
Autobiographical reminiscences of the Indian spy.

I am Malala

the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
2013
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price.

Train to Pakistan

1981
In the summer of 1947, a train full of dead Sikhs stirs up a battlefield in the peaceful atmosphere of love and loyalty between the Muslims and the Sikhs in a village on the frontier between India and Pakistan.

In other rooms, other wonders

2009
A collection of linked stories about the lives of landowners and their retainers on the Gurmani family farm in the countryside outside of Lahore, Pakistan.

American Taliban

a novel
2010
Nineteen-year-old North Carolina surfer and skateboarder John Jude Parish, having been introduced to Islam and Arab literature by a young Brooklyn woman, defers his entrance into Brown University to move to New York, where he studies classical Arabic and meets a Pakistani man who convinces him to travel abroad to further understand Muslim culture, which results in John moving closer to becoming radicalized.

Benazir Bhutto

Pakistani prime minister and activist
2006
Examines the life of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to be elected prime minister of Pakistan, discussing her childhood, her family's commitment to their country, her college years, her prison sentence and time in exile, her government, and her return to exile in England.

Four feet, two sandals

Two ten-year-old refugee girls each get one sandal of a matching pair. They solve the problem of four feet and two sandals.

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