Let Her Fly

A moving and deeply personal memoir by Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter, Malala, survived a near-fatal attack by the Taliban and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Following his daughter, Malala's, miraculous recovery from a bullet fired by the Taliban in 2012 and subsequent rise to fame as a global champion for women's education, Ziauddin Yousafzai had much to be proud of, not only as a father, but also as an activist and educator in his own right.
A moving and inspirational story, with a deeply personal look into the Yousafzai family, LET HER FLY traces Yousafzai's journey, from an unconfident stammering little boy living in a mud hut in the mountainous region of Shangla to a man who has broken with tradition and proven there are many faces of feminism. With humor and sincerity, Yousafzai describes his life before the Talibanization of Mingora, his progressive partnership with his wife Toor Pekai, and the challenge of raising children in an unfamiliar...