The autobiography I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai begins with the scene of the young Pakistani activist for education and women's rights Malala being hit on the head. Her school bus was stopped by the Taliban who, after asking which of the girls was Malala, put a bullet in her head. Malala concludes the powerful prologue with the words “Who is Malala? I am Malala and this is my story” (9). Malala then recounts the story of her birth and how in Pakistan no one congratulated her parents when she was born because she was a girl. Pakistani culture, being a predominantly Islamic country, pushes for the birth of a boy. However, her father saw his daughter's potential as a great tenant farmer and named her after one of the greatest women leaders in Pakistan, Malalai of Maiwand, who inspired the Afghan people, who were losing hope, to spur the army to victory against the English. /Indian forces. Malala describes life in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Describes the Indo-Pakistani revolution and the movement of the Pashtun people to the Swat Valley. Malala's father grew up in Shahpur but struggled to get an education in the city where he met Malala's mother. They got married and his dream of building a school, Khushal Public School, came true when they moved to Mingora. Soon after, Malala, one of her father's favorites, was born. He taught her the value of education and how she had to fight and fight her way to get a decent education. He preached that every person should have the right to go to school and be educated. Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, is a very influential person in the village and a great role model for Malala growing up. He participated in anti-Taliban organizations and constantly preached for peace, education rights and the fight for human rights, but he speaks of a culture very different from ours. One of the aspects I like about the book is the way Malala explains everything in a simple way, much easier to understand than scholars who write about Pakistan. They try to remain “neutral”, which destroys empathy for the international community and they seem too intelligent for the majority to understand them. Furthermore, I Am Malala is a lovely book that convincingly tells the story of the "girl who fought for education and was killed by the Taliban." Coherent, convincing and important; the book has reached the hearts of millions of readers to depict an accurate understanding of the unstable situations in the world. Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala and Christina Lamb. I am Malala: the girl who championed education and was killed by the Taliban. Np: np, nd Print.