I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Francis Letton from medicine to policy

from medicine to policy

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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Francis Letton from medicine to policyI come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. 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