to be confused with the other edition with a very similar name, this is Malala's story 'rewritten for an audience her own age'.
Having not read the original I can't really comment on what might have been changed here, though the idea of making any changes for a younger readership has me torn.
I mostly disagree with the notion of 'watering down' or in any way omitting information in order to appeal to a younger audience, and in my experience YA readers are:.
not easily offended or shocked, and, likely to read a book for its content if it takes their fancy regardless of the target market, so this edition seems redundant to me.
However, as I said I can't really say what differences there are, and if just a handful more young readers pick this up because it says it's for them then that has to be a good thing.
The only real concern is the amount of adults that will pick this edition up by mistake, I've seen that happen a lot already.
So if you're considering grabbing a copy make sure you get the version you mean to! Ganhei este livro num passatempo e embora tivesse alguma curiosidade para o que ia encontrar, a verdade é que não estava assim muito entusiasmada.
. . ainda para mais esta é uma versão para jovens leitores,
Depois de lêlo estive com a edição "normal" nas mãos e folheeia para ver diferenças e pareceme que nesta minha edição, as partes mais sangrentas e violentas são omitidas ou ditas de uma maneira muito muito soft
A história de Malala é uma história que, como ela própria o diz, podia ser de qualquer outra rapariga em qualquer outra parte do mundo.
Ela teve a sorte de ter o apoio dos pais e o incentivo,
O carinho destes para seguir com as suas convicções,
Muitas outras não o tiveram e não tiveram a "sorte" ou a possibilidade de avançar com o que quer que pensavam, se, sequer o faziam pois, as raparigas não eram bem vistas a ir para uma escola.
A ter opiniões.
A educação feminina não é bem vista, Não era . continuará a ser assim por muitos sítios ainda, . .
Malala contanos como foi a sua vida desde tenra idade no Paquistão, Toda a sua rotina e a dos pais, irmãos, restantes familiares e amigos,
Como eram os dias de festa e como eram, . . os dias de festa sem festa.
No meio de tiroteios, ameaças e bombas,
Bombistas suicidas.
Mais ameaças.
Crianças a trabalhar em lixeiras, . . chicotadas em público
Tudo mudou quando o pai recebe ele próprio uma ameaça pessoal e directa,
O pai não se preocupava, Morreria por aquilo que acreditava e defendia,
Igualdade de direitos. Educação para meninos e meninas,
Uma posição que, . . passou para a filha.
A mãe, apesar do medo, apoiava e nunca fechou as portas ao que quer que Malada pensasse e decidisse,
Como Malada também referiu, ela e o pai eram os sonhadores, a mãe, a pessoa que metia os pés de todos bem assentes na terra.
Adorei a forma como Malada descreve a relação entre ela e os irmãos,
Antes e após Malala se ter tornado A MALALA,
Uma relação típica de irmãos, quem os tem, vai entender muito bem isto,
Temos descrições das montanhas, do vale, do tempo, da natureza mas também de toda a destruição que tudo isto foi alvo.
O constante medo de sair de casa quando chegam os talibãs,
A forma como estes apareceream, Como instalaram esse mesmo medo,
Como mesmo assim não assustaram uma menina deanos,
Malala é realmente extraordinária,
Lutou por algo em que acredita e que, realmente não devia ser uma coisa que ainda se discutisse nos dias de hoje.
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Ao ler, só pensava na quantidade de pessoas que continuam a não ter acesso a tanta coisa que eu tenho e sempre tive como garantido.
Faznos ficar tristes e felizes ao mesmo tempo,
Faznos agradecer por tudo,
Malala lia e lê muito,
Na altura em que é baleada não refiro esse acontecimento na opinião porque acho que essa é a parte mais emotiva e devem lêla sem saber nada e quando está no hospital em recupeação, Malala está a ler um livro oferecido por um político britânico e esse livro é: "O feiticeiro de Oz" e ela retira a moral da história.
Diz ela que a vida é cheia de obstáculos mas que vamos sempre tentar ultrapassálos da melhor maneira possível, Algo assim.
Agora, eu retiro também algo da leitura deste seu livro,
DEVEMOS SER TODOS MALALA,
LUTARMOS POR AQUILO EM QUE ACREDITAMOS, QUER SEJA IGUALDADE DE DIREITOS, QUER SEJA NA LUTA CONTRA A VIOLÊNCIA DOMÉSTICA, QUER SEJA NA LUTA CONTA A VIOLÊNCIA SOBRE OS ANIMAIS, RACISMO, XENOFOBIA.
. . o que seja Se o pudermos fazer, mesmo que não seja "em grande escala", devemos tentar sempre melhorar no nosso diaadia e ajudar sempre um pouco o outro todos os
dias.
e por vezes fazemos isso simplesmente ao colocar um sorriso no rosto de outro,
I mean, this person is a living saint, You need to read this book, This book was amazing. i read this on a unit for oppression in class, this book is super inspiring, and wonderful, I have a lot to say and to much laziness to say it,
spoilers below
Malala lived in a peaceful valley of swat until it was taken by the Taliban, Malala stood up and spoke out and continued to speak out even after they threatened to kill her.
and she was shot. she survived and even though she was hurt she continued to speak out and continues to do today, such an inspiring book and young girl, her father was very supportive which is not common for Pakistani and Muslim fathers, “Like my father I've always been a daydreamer, and sometimes I'd imagine that on the way home a terrorist might jump out and shoot me on those steps.
I wondered what I would do, Maybe I'd take off my shoes and hit him, but then I'd think if I did that there would be no difference between me and a terrorist.
It would be better to plead, OK, shoot me, but first listen to me, What you are doing is wrong, I'm not against you personally, I just want every girl to go to school, ”
“No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men, There are two powers in the world one is the sword and the other is the pen, There is a third power stronger than both, that of women, ”
“To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right, To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish, I am Malala. My world has changed but I have not, ”
“I couldnt understand what the Taliban were trying to do, They are abusing our religion, I said in interviews, How will you accept Islam if I put a gun to your head and say Islam is the true religion If they want every person in the world to be Muslim, why dont they show themselves to be good Muslims first”
“I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.
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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World chronicles the outrageous terrorist attack and inspirational recovery of an implacable young woman who, in her own words, “left her home for school and never returned” Yousafzai.
The audible audio version opens with a poignant epilogue read by Malala herself, one in which she laments the loss of her home, community and other small joys: “Now, every morning when I open my eyes, I long to see my old room full of my things, my clothes all over the floor and my school prizes on the shelves” Yousafzai.
She also recounts what little she remembers of the day the Taliban attempted to assassinate her then rounds things out with an expression of hope and a plea for peace.
The story is broken up into five parts that function more like puzzle pieces than demarcations in a linear and chronological narrative.
Malala begins with a brief but detailed history of Pakistan then discusses some of the relevant ins and outs of Pashtun culture.
The book then jumps around between details of Malalas childhood and of her fathers evolution as a staunch advocate for education.
We then get into the Talibans invasion and systematic dismantling of Swat,
Through Malalas horrified eyes, we watch helplessly as schools are bombed and/or ordered closed, police are killed and/or are defecting from the force, Swat is torn apart by Taliban and military checkpoints, water and power plants are disabled, women and girls are assassinated and the beauty of Swat gets reduced to a dark, silent, charred, bloodsoaked and terrorist infested hellscape where no one is safe and no one comes to help.
Scenes like this one became a regular occurrence:
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All the while, the feckless Pakistani army and government would do absolutely nothing to help its people Malala speculates that the governments inaction was due, in large part, to whatever use they may have had for the Taliban at the time.
Meanwhile, growing resentment of the Pakistani government, postconspiracy theories and antiAmerican sentiments brought about by drone attacks these strikes resulted in countless Pakistani casualties, many of whom were children would eventually harden the people of Swat Valley against Western ideas, ideals and pastimes.
Anger with and resentment of the American and Pakistani governments would eventually manifest themselves in the form of an evergrowing mob of newly minted Talib Jihadis.
Over time, the Talibans nightly radio show continued to impress upon people the dangers spiritual and mortal of deviating from the Talibans religious precepts and cultural mores.
Citizens were willingly destroying and/or surrendering their televisions, avoiding music and dancing, burning their DVDs and CDs and pulling their daughters out of school in fear that the Quetta earthquake oftheyd been told repeatedly by the Taliban that this had been a punishment for their ungodly, Westernized way of life had only been the beginning of the horrors they would eventually bring upon their sinful selves.
Anyone found to be in violation of or in opposition to the Taliban became a very dead resident of what many would come to refer to as “bloody square,” a dumping ground and exhibition littered with warnings about and examples of the Talibans grip on Swat.
In the midst of the Talibans perpetual assault on Swat Valley and its peoples way of life, Malala and her father launched a public campaign for the education of girls, giving interviews to media outlets all over the globe and granting the New York Times a glimpse into their daily lives as rebellious educators and education advocates.
For a brief time, Malala would post pseudonymously, of course blog entries detailing her experiences under Taliban rule,
Malala and her father would receive multiple threats, right up to the day that her school buss was surrounded then fired upon by Talib soldiers.
sitelink time. comtheo
Now, critical as I often am of those who take the opportunity to center themselves or their world/society/culture/plight when discussing those of others, I couldnt help but consider the parallels between the destabilization of Malalas society and that which is currently being attempted in The United States.
One thing in particular that struck me as I listened to Malalas description of the “Talibanization” Yousafzai of Swat was how similar the “leader” was to the “leader” the United States has just survived.
Fazlullah was able to sway large swaths of people who, in large part, were far too incurious to understand what was happening until it was far too late.
This charismatic orator would publicly attack those who either spoke against him or behaved in a way that displeased the Taliban.
Fazlullah employed fearmongering and other tactics in order to extort money from the people of Swat, often twisting, and outright inverting, Islamic precepts for the purposes of inducing blind acceptance of his edicts and increasingly barbaric treatment of errant citizens and suspected “infidels.
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More than a story about one girls elevation to education and human rights advocate, Malalas is also a dystopian warning of the dangers of keeping silent in the face of atrocity and of embracing fear, tribalism, ignorance and incuriosity.
This is a must read for anyone who needs to be reminded of how fortunate they are and for those who are passionate about education, freedom and human rights.
Five.
Further Reading/Listening/Watching:
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sitelink aa. com. tr/en/asiapacific
sitelink youtube. com/watchvHQLb
sitelink youtube. com/watchvhxa
sitelink bbc. com/news/worldasia .
sitelink youtube. com/watchvZVva
sitelink go. com/International/ .
Secure Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education And Changed The World Formulated By Malala Yousafzai Accessible In Copy
Malala Yousafzai