Malala Yousafzai sells life story for a reported £2m

[UnrepentantLiberal]

By Conal Urquhart
The Guardian
March 28, 2013

The life story of a 15-year Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban will be published later this year, in a deal reported to be worth around £2m.

"I am Malala" will be published in the autumn and will tell the story of Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by Taliban gunmen after she became an advocate for woman's education in the Swat Valley. She now attends a school in Birmingham.

Yousafzai said: "I hope this book will reach people around the world, so they realise how difficult it is for some children to get access to education.

"I want to tell my story, but it will also be the story of 61m children who can't get education. I want it to be part of the campaign to give every boy and girl the right to go to school. It is their basic right."

More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/27/malala-yousafzai-life-story-2m

[niyad]

1. good for her

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Excellent. Let hers be the voice for all of them. n/t