'I am Malala' to be taught at George Washington University

Nobel laureate's memoir will be incorporated in the university’s Summer Reading Series Symposium

Nothing that Malala Yousafzai achieves seems startling anymore but she continues to make Pakistan proud. The youngest-ever Nobel laureate will now be part of George Washington University's Leadership Programme this summer, according to the university's website.

The memoir will be incorporated in the university’s Summer Reading Series Symposium of its leadership programme.

“The book has been inspirational to readers around the world, compelling GW’s Women's Leadership Program to incorporate it into its Summer Reading Series Symposium,” the website said.

Further, George Washington’s Global Women’s Institute, in collaboration with the Malala Fund has developed a resource guide for high school, college and university students.

“Building on Malala’s memoir, the resource guide — which was launched at a November event with Malala’s father, Ziauddin — supports global efforts to mobilise people to address women’s and girls’ rights to an education,” it states.

A committee comprising GW faculty with expertise in a wide range of disciplines, including international affairs, media studies, language and literature, religion, history, women’s studies, leadership studies and education, developed the resource guide.

Malala was shot by Taliban gunmen on October 2012, but for years before that she was lobbying for education rights for girls in her hometown of Swat.

The memoir tells the story of Malala’s childhood, her family and activism in a region rife with ethnic strife and political upheaval.