I AM MALALA

I AM MALALA : A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR EDUCATORSFor more information about the resource guide, visit or PREFACE FROM MALALA S FATHERIt is the elder generation s duty to teach children the universal human values of truth, fairness, justice and equality. For this purpose, we have two institutions: families and schools. Education, whether at home or in the classroom, has the power to promote acceptance of others views and to challenge biases and patriarchal societies, women are expected to be obedient. A good girl should be quiet, humble and submissive. She is told not to question her elders, even if she feels that they are wrong or unjust. As a father, I did not silence MALALA s voice. I encouraged her to ask questions and to demand answers.

Elie Wiesel’s Holocaust memoir Night (1955), and Ishmael Beah’s account of war in Sierra Leone, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007) demonstrate how the memoir stands as a powerful witness to history. Both of these works convey the visceral effect of personal experience that gives history a more human context than a

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