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tarbur
– literally ‘cousin’, but also ‘enemy’
TNSM
– Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Sharia-e-Mohammadi, Movement for the Enforcement of Islamic Law,
founded in 1992 by Sufi Mohammad, later taken over by his son-in-law Maulana Fazlullah, also
known as as the Swat Taliban
TTP
– Tehrik-i-Taliban-Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban
Umrah
– lesser pilgrimage to Mecca which can be made at any time during the year
Acknowledgements
The last year has shown me both the extreme hatred of man and the limitless love of God. So many
people have helped me that it would take a whole new book to name them all here, but I would like to
thank everyone in Pakistan and all round the world who prayed for me, all the schoolchildren,
students and other supporters who rose when I fell. I am grateful for every petal of the bouquets and
every letter of the cards and messages.
I was very lucky to be born to a father who respected my freedom of thought and expression and
made me part of his peace caravan, and a mother who not only encouraged me but my father too in our
campaign for peace and education.
I have been blessed too with teachers, especially Miss Ulfat, who taught me a lot beyond textbooks
such as patience, tolerance and manners.
Many people have described my recovery as miraculous, and for this I would particularly like to
thank the doctors and nurses at Swat Central Hospital, CMH Peshawar and AFIC Rawalpindi,
especially my heroes Colonel Junaid and Dr Mumtaz, who carried out the right operation at the right
time or I would have died. Thanks also to Brigadier Aslam, who saved my major organs from failure
after surgery.
I am extremely grateful to General Kayani, who took a keen interest in my treatment, and to
President Zardari and his family, whose love and care kept me strong. Thanks to the UAE government
and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Zayed for the use of their plane.
Dr Javid Kayani made me laugh in my gloomy days and was like a father to me. He was the man
behind my treatment in the UK and first-class rehabilitation. Dr Fiona Reynolds was a great source of
comfort to my parents in Pakistan and to me in the UK, and I thank her too for daring to tell me the
truth about my tragedy.
The staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham have been amazing. Julie and her team of nurses
were so kind to me, and Beth and Kate were not only nurses but like loving sisters. I’d particularly
like to thank Yma Choudhury, who took great care of me and made sure I had everything I needed,
even going on daily KFC runs.
Richard Irving deserves a particular mention for his surgery to restore my smile, as does Mrs
Anwen White who restored my skull.
Fiona Alexander not only managed the media superbly but went far beyond, even helping to arrange
schooling for me and my brothers, always with a smile.
Rehanna Sadiq has been a wonderful comfort with her spiritual therapy.
Thanks to Shiza Shahid and her family for all their incredible kindness and for helping set up the
Malala Fund, and to her company McKinsey for supporting her in doing this. Thank you to all the
wonderful people and partner organisations who have helped set up the Fund especially Megan
Smith, UN Foundation, Vital Voices and BeeSpace. I am also thankful to Samar Minallah for her great
support of our cause and the Malala Fund.
Great thanks to everyone at Edelman, especially Jamie Lundie and his colleague Laura Crooks. My
father would have gone mad without you!
Thanks as well to Gordon Brown, who has built on what happened to me to create a worldwide
movement for education, and the wonderful staff in his office. And to Ban Ki-moon for being so
supportive since the beginning.
Thanks to Pakistan’s former High Commissioner in London, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, and especially
to Aftab Hasan Khan, the Head of Chancery, and his wife Erum Gilani, who were a great support. We
were strangers and they helped us adjust to this land and find a place to live. Also thanks to driver
Shahid Hussein.
On the book, our special thanks to Christina, who turned into reality what was just a dream. We
never imagined how a lady not from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Pakistan could show such remarkable
love and understanding of our country.
We have been extremely lucky to have a literary agent like Karolina Sutton, who has thrown herself
into this project and our cause with such passion and commitment, and also an incredible team of
editors: Judy Clain and Arzu Tahsin were determined to tell our story in the best way possible.
Thanks go to Abdul Hai Kakar, my mentor and great friend of my father, who thoroughly reviewed
the book, and my father’s friend Inam ul-Rahim for his valuable contributions on the history of our
region.
I would also like to thank Angelina Jolie for her generous contribution to the Malala Fund.
Thanks to all the teachers of the Khushal School, who have kept the school alive and maintained it
in my father’s absence.
We thank God for the day a lady called Shahida Choudhury walked through our door. She has
become an incredible support to our family and we have learned from her the real meaning of being a
volunteer.
Last and not least I would like to thank Moniba for being such a good and supportive friend and my
brothers Khushal and Atal for keeping me still a child.
Malala Yousafzai
Any foreigner who has had the good fortune to visit Swat will know how hospitable its people are,
and I would like to thank everyone who helped me there, particularly Maryam and the teachers and
students of the Khushal School, Ahmad Shah in Mingora and Sultan Rome for showing me around
Shangla. I would also like to thank General Asim Bajwa, Colonel Abid Ali Askari, Major Tariq and
the team at Inter Services Public Relations for facilitating my visit. Thanks also to Adam Ellick for
generously sharing his notes.
In the UK, the staff of Queen Elizabeth Hospital could not have been more helpful, particularly
Fiona Alexander and Dr Kayani. My agent David Godwin was wonderful as always, and it was a real
privilege to have as editors Judy Clain and Arzu Tahsin. I’m also grateful to Martin Ivens, my editor
at the
Sunday Times
, for allowing me the time for this important project. My husband Paulo and son
Lourenço could not have been more understanding as this book took over my life.
Above all, thanks to Malala and her wonderful family for sharing their story with me.
Christina Lamb
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