As part of the UAE Year of Reading Campaign, the ZU Library and Learning Commons is sponsoring a discussion group for students about Malala Yousafzai. You are invited to read the book I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai or any of the other books or articles the Library has purchased on this topic. Copies of this book and others are available on both campuses
I am Malala is the story of a family uprooted by terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who championed and encouraged his daughter to go after her education
Please join the Library in discussing the impact that Malala Yousafzai has had on women's education and her place as a role model for young people.
Abu Dhabi Discussion Group Dates and Location: Malala Book discussion Date: November 6 (12:00 - 2:00 pm) Location: Male Promenade
Malala Book discussion Date: November 7 (12:00 - 2:00 pm) Location: Female Promenade
Movie Screening: "He Named Me Malala" Date: November 8 (6:30 pm - 8:00 pm) Location: New York University Abu Dhabi
Dubai Discussion Group Dates and Location: Malala Book Display Date: November 7 - 16 (Whole day) Location: Library Malala Book discussion Date: November 13 (12:00-2:00 pm) Location: Library (the couches near the Circulation Desk)
Malala Book Display Date: Tuesday, November 15 (12:00-2:00 pm) Location: DXB Campus Atrium
Movie Screening: "He Named Me Malala" Date: November 16 (11:00 am - 1:00 pm) Location: University of Dubai
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A special screening of the documentary, "He Named Me Malala" will be shown free of charge to students from the federal universities of the UAE. The movie will be shown in Abu Dhabi at NYU Abu Dhabi on November 8th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and on November 16th in Dubai at the the University of Dubai from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
To RSVP for this free event, please fill out this quick form.
List of articles, books, and websites about Malala
Malala Yousafzai - Biographical. (2016, October 18). Retrieved October 19, 2016, from https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/yousafzai-bio.html
Gordon brown: Malala proves one person can make A difference. (2013). Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1440107081?accountid=15192
Potenza, A. (2014, Sep 29). Malala the brave. Scholastic News, 83, 2. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1610081015?accountid=15192
Lewis, K. (2015, November/December). Malala the Powerful. Storyworks, 22-25. http://www.haverford.k12.pa.us/cms/lib5/PA01001043/Centricity/Domain/905/STORYWORKS-Malala.pdf
Malala Yousafzai (2016). In Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2016). Malala Yousafzai | Pakistani activist. In Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from https://global.britannica.com/biography/Malala-Yousafzai
The Malala fund. Retrieved October 19, 2016, from https://www.malala.org/malalas-story
BBC (2014, December 10). Profile: Malala Yousafzai. BBC Asia. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23241937
Malala Yousafzai biography. (2013, July 12). Retrieved October 19, 2016, from biography, http://www.biographyonline.net/women/malala.html
BBC (2012, October 10). Malala Yousafzai: Portrait of the girl blogger. BBC Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19899540
Questions for Discussion