Let Her Fly: A Father`s Journey And The Fight For Equality

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Guardian pick as one of the biggest & most interesting books of the year The story of the father who inspired the phenomenon For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality
- first for Malala, his daughter
- & then for all girls throughout the world living in patriarchal societies. Taught as a young boy in Pakistan to believe that he was inherently better than his sisters, Ziauddin rebelled against inequality at a young age. & when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, & he founded a school that Malala could attend. Then in 2012, Malala was shot for standing up to the Taliban by continuing to go to her father`s school, & Ziauddin almost lost the very person for whom his fight for equality began. Let Her Fly is Ziauddin`s journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality & the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, & now one of the most influential & inspiring young women on the planet. Told through intimate portraits of each of Ziauddin`s closest relationships
- as a son to a traditional father; as a father to Malala & her brothers, educated & growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read & write; as a brother to five sisters still living in the patriarchy
- Let Her Fly looks at what it means to love, to have courage & fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail & universal in its themes, this landmark book shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls & women everywhere.