LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen while advocating girls’ education in October last year, will have her memoir published later this year, in a deal reported to be worth around £2m.
“The life story of a 15-year Pakistani girl, who was shot by the Taliban, will be published later this year in a deal reported to be worth around £2 million ($3 million),” the UK-based Guardian newspaper reported.
The book “I am Malala” will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson in the UK and Commonwealth and by Little, Brown in the rest of the world, the paper said.
“I want to tell my story, but it will also be the story of 61 million children who can’t get education,” Malala said in a statment. “I want it to be part of the campaign to give every boy and girl the right to go to school. It is their basic right.”
Malala further said “I hope this book will reach people around the world, so they realise how difficult it is for some children to get access to education.”
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