BOOK ´´I AM MALALA´´

I AM MALALA

I am Malala is based on three main ideas which are: the first culture, the second the rights of women and the last but not least education.

Well, the first point, culture, she talks about the celebration that causes in them the birth of a child and how the birth of a girl is seen as a reason for grief and hurt for the family. This is reflected when she reports that for her birth only a cousin of his father congratulate him.

He also says that in their culture the struggles and fights between them are so common that word for prime - tarbur - is the same as the word for enemy. But that does not prevent everyone from joining when invaders want to enter their country.

She explains that because of this excessive violence she has problems with her Pashtunwali code, which is like her system of rules, according to which it is assumed that if someone does something wrong you should take revenge, but all this where you can carry? Only to a chain of endless violence. But on the other hand he speaks of hospitality in his culture is an indispensable requirement, everyone in their homes who needs it no matter what days they are is an honor to be hospitable.

WOMEN RIGHTS

Perhaps the central theme of I Am Malala-even more important than the power of education-is the theme of women's rights. Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who narrates the book, is passionate about the equality of the sexes, and often quotes the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah “No struggle can succeed without women participating side by side with men. There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a third power stronger than both, that of women.”

Malala is a Pashtun, a tribe that traditionally confines women to the domestic world, and even "trades" women as if they are objects.  Malala grows up at a time when women's rights are in jeopardy in Pakistan. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the Taliban, a radical fundamentalist terrorist group, become prominent in Pakistan as well as Afghanistan. the Taliban use violence and intimidation to enforce their ideology, according to which it's God's will that women hide their faces in public by wearing the burqa (a kind of veil), and refrain from attending Schools 

In spite of the growing crisis of women's rights in her country, Malala grows up knowing the value of strong, educated women. This is partly because of the role models she's surrounded by. Her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, is a charismatic, educated man who has believed in the importance of equality between the sexes for the better part of his life.

The Malala grows up, her passion for women's rights strengthens. She begins by making radio broadcasts and writing articles of her own, in which she argues for equal rights and universal education. When she visits Islamabad as a teenager, she sees a proud, thriving city full of women with careers and equal rights. Women's rights, she realizes, are not just important because they're morally correct-they're important because, just as Jinnah said, they're valuable: they contribute to the good of the city and to the good of the country.

THE POWER OF EDUCATION

From the first scene—in which Malala is shot by the Taliban for riding a bus to school—to the final chapter—in which Malala lobbies for a UN resolution in favor of universal education—I Am Malala celebrates the importance of education.

Education empowers people, not only by giving them knowledge that they can use to gain power, but by encouraging them to have confidence in themselves. Ziauddin, Malala’s father, knows this first-hand.

As Malala grows up, her respect for education grows.  her most important moments of learning come when she sees the impact of education on others. This is particularly clear in the chapter where Malala goes to Islamabad with her father’s friend, Shiza Shahid. In the large, cosmopolitan city, Malala is overjoyed to see women with professional careers and strong, forceful personalities. Each of these women tells Malala the same thing: pursue your education at all costs. 

There’s never a moment in I Am Malala where Malala has serious doubts about the value of education—indeed, the only change in her attitude toward education is that she comes to value it more and more. As the book ends, Malala is stronger and more mature than ever, and thus, more confident about the value of education.