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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban is the biography of the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. It depicts her inspirational journey from one of the most conservative societal background to becoming a global icon as an education activist, being a school pupil herself. Summary of the Book Malala Yousafzai hails from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, a region controlled by the Taliban. Her brave parents sent her to school when the entire society itself didn’t support girl education, not just Taliban. Coming from a community that prides sons and not daughters even today, Malala has been leading peaceful protests against those who are against educational rights for children, especially girls. She has proved to the world beyond doubt that one person could indeed bring about immense changes no matter what hurdles he/she has to encounter – including being shot in the head by the Taliban and phenomenally surviving it! About the Authors Malala Yousafzai, along with Christina Lamb, has intensely recorded a remarkable journey of herself as a sixteen-year-old who went on to become a Nobel Peace Prize nominee. Born in Pakistan, she now resides in Birmingham, England. Christina Lamb is one of the UK’s foremost foreign correspondents. She has also been named the Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times in the British Press Awards and What the Papers Say Awards. In 2007, she was the winner of the Prix Bayeux Calvados for her reporting from Afghanistan - one of the world's most prestigious prizes for war correspondents.