Malala Yousafzai Seals $3 Mn Deal to Publish Life Story


Malala escaped death by a matter of inches when she was shot on a school bus in north-western Pakistan on October 9, 2012 – as the bullet entered just above her left eye and ran along her jaw, grazing past her brain.

The Taliban had said they targeted Malala because she promoted girls' education and "Western thinking".

Surgeons in Pakistan removed the bullet before she was air-lifted to the UK for life-saving treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Last month Malala was discharged from the hospital after she had an operation to rebuild her skull and restore hearing. She has now returned to school and joined the girls in Year 9.

Malala's family are currently living in the West Midlands. Her father has been appointed education attache at the Consulate of Pakistan for the next three years.

She began writing a blog on the BBC Urdu service under a pseudonym about life in the Swat Valley in 2009. She was shot after her real identity became known. Since the shooting, Malala has been awarded several peace prizes and is the youngest person to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Source: PTI