Ziauddin Yousafzai

Louise Carpenter

In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality - proving there are many faces of feminism. "Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I have often used the phrase. 'Ask me not what I did but what I did not do. I did not clip her wings'" For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality - first for Malala, his daughter - and 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. And when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, and 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, and 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 and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and 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 and her brothers, educated and growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read and 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 and fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail and universal in its themes, this landmark book shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls and women everywhere.

A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality

Let Her Fly

Elevé comme tous les petits Pakistanais dans l'idée que le seul fait d'être un garçon le rend supérieur à ses sœurs, Ziauddin Yousafzaï se bat contre l'inégalité dès son plus jeune âge. A la naissance de sa fille Malala, il veut qu'elle reçoive une éducation digne de ce nom, chose alors réservée aux garçons. Il crée donc une école où elle pourra acquérir ce précieux savoir, seule façon pour elle de choisir son avenir. Dans ce livre, Ziauddin Yousafzaï revient sur son parcours exceptionnel : du jeune garçon bègue élevé dans le district de Shangla au Pakistan, à l'homme qui a su rompre avec les traditions patriarcales de son pays et montrer comment on peut être un homme féministe... Il nous prouve qu'avec de l'amour, du courage et des convictions on peut changer le monde.

Ce que l'amour m'a appris

In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality – proving there are many faces of feminism. “Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I have often used the phrase. ‘Ask me not what I did but what I did not do. I did not clip her wings’” For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality – first for Malala, his daughter – and 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. And when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, and 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, and 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 and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and 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 and her brothers, educated and growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read and 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 and fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail and universal in its themes, this landmark book shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls and women everywhere.

A Father’s Journey and the Fight for Equality

Une histoire bouleversante et inspirante " Je viens d'un pays où les femmes ont toute ma vie été à mon service. Je viens d'une famille dans laquelle être un homme me rendait spécial. " Élevé comme tous les petits Pakistanais dans l'idée que le seul fait d'être un garçon le rend supérieur à ses sœurs, Ziauddin Yousafzaï se bat contre l'inégalité dès son plus jeune âge. À la naissance de sa fille Malala, il veut qu'elle reçoive une éducation digne de ce nom, chose alors réservée aux garçons. Il crée donc une école où elle pourra acquérir ce précieux savoir , seule façon pour elle de choisir son avenir. Dans ce livre, Ziauddin Yousafzaï revient sur son parcours exceptionnel : du jeune garçon bègue élevé dans le district de Shangla au Pakistan, à l'homme qui a su rompre avec les traditions patriarcales de son pays et montrer comment on peut être un homme féministe... Il nous prouve qu'avec de l'amour, du courage et des convictions on peut changer le monde.

" I come from a country where women have served me all my life. I come from a family in which my gender made me special. But I did not want to be special for this reason." Since her miraculous recovery from a bullet fired by the Taliban in 2012, Malala Yousafzai has spoken across the globe on behalf of women everywhere who are fighting for a right to education. Her mother Toor Pekai, calls this Malala's "second life." Malala has address the United Nations assembly on numerous occasions and, at sixteen, became the youngest recipient ever of the Nobel Peace Prize. Now, Malala studies politics and economics at the world-famous Oxford University in England. Sometimes, for a parent, a moment of true beauty, of marveling 'how can this extraordinary child be mine?!' finds its home in the seemingly most inconsequential of things. For Ziauddin Yousafzai, this moment occurred when Malala was served tea by the male principal of Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford. All his life, Ziauddin had been taught that only women served tea and were meant to remain in the kitchen while the men drank. Now, their roles had changed. This moment at Oxford was so natural, so normal and therefore more beautiful to Ziauddin than any audience Malala might have had with a queen or a president. It proved what he wanted to believe: when you stand for a change, that change comes. WHAT LOVE TEACHES ME is an intimate confession by the father of one of our time's most remarkable leaders. Ziauddin shares what he's learned from Malala, and what he hopes to teach the world.

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