I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

【勇氣是她的翅膀，為教育而奮鬥的女孩】

「一個孩子，一個老師，一本書，一支筆可以改變世界。」這句話出自於2014年諾貝爾和平獎最年輕得主，一位當時只有17歲，卻挺身捍衛女性教育權的少女，馬拉拉 (Malala yoursafzai)。

馬拉拉的家鄉位於巴基斯坦的小村莊史瓦特，由反政府游擊組織「塔利班」所控制。她12歲時曾在BBC(英國廣播公司)專欄，紀錄塔利班組織禁止女孩上學以及恐怖活動的生活，這些文字開始引起眾人關注，並積極鼓勵女孩重返校園，但她的光環卻也讓她成為「塔利班」組織的眼中釘。

 2012年她在上學返家的公車上頭部遭受槍殺，一度生命垂危的她最後卻奇蹟似的生還、康復。塔利班事後聲稱，這次的暗殺全因馬拉拉不理會警告、仍堅持上學。遭遇槍殺的馬拉拉不但沒有絲毫退縮，仍維持初衷，極力爭取女性教育權利。

積極推廣教育並創辦學校的父親，始終鼓勵她參與學校事務，在重男輕女的傳統社會壓力下，她的父母親一視同仁珍愛女兒，這些深深影響並滋養著馬拉拉，造就了一位不平凡且勇敢的小女生，而她所展現的力量，足以改變全世界。

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

I am Malala will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.