Ready Reference Treatise: I Am Malala

Malala was born into a Sunni Muslim family of Pashtun ethnicity. Malala means “grief-stricken’ in their local language. She was named after a famous Pashtun poet and warrior woman from Southern Afghanistan. That poet was called Malalai of Maiwand. Yousafzai, her last name, comes from a large Pashtun tribal confederation in Swat Valley in Pakistan. Malala grew up in that region. Her parents had their house in Mingora. Malala lived with her parents, Ziauddin and Tok Pekai, her two younger brothers, Khushal and Atal, and their two pet chickens. Ready Reference Treatise: I am Malala Copyright Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Plot Overview Chapter Three: Major Characters Chapter Four: Complete Summary Chapter Five: Critical Analysis