Let Her Fly: A Father’s Journey and the Fight for Equality

　　齊亞烏丁的兒子們在屋頂為了一只風箏爭執不休，這時的巴基斯坦明哥拉還沒塔利班化，是和現在截然不同的巴基斯坦。而後，齊亞烏丁舉家飄洋過海，到完全陌生的國度——英國定居，相隔多後年再回到巴基斯坦，甚至遭遇馬拉拉遇刺的事故⋯⋯不論是在異鄉扶養家庭之苦、返回故鄉的興奮喜悅之情或者家鄉物是全非之感，齊亞烏丁皆以溫暖的筆觸細細闡述。

　　那位住在巴基斯坦的口吃小男孩 而今成為捍衛女權主義的教育家

　　在巴基斯坦，要做到讓兒子女兒平等受教的父親，並不是一件容易的事，齊亞烏丁不僅做到了，更進一步推薦馬拉拉匿名為BBC寫下塔利班肆虐下的生活紀錄，藉由實際行動，讓孩子知道，自己是有能力為這世界帶來改變的。這是本值得所有父母閱讀的一本書，你會相信，所有孩子都有無限的可能，父母可以帶給孩子很多，也能從孩子身上獲得更多意想不到的驚喜。（文/博客來編譯）

　　Guardian pick as one of the biggest and most interesting books of the year
　　The story of the father who inspired the phenomenon

　　For over twenty years, Ziauddin Yousafzai has been fighting for equality – first for Malala, his daughter – and then for all girls throughout the world living in patriarchal societies. Taught as a young boy in Pakistan to believe that he was inherently better than his sisters, Ziauddin rebelled against inequality at a young age. And when he had a daughter himself he vowed that Malala would have an education, something usually only given to boys, and he founded a school that Malala could attend.

　　Then in 2012, Malala was shot for standing up to the Taliban by continuing to go to her father’s school, and Ziauddin almost lost the very person for whom his fight for equality began.

　　Let Her Fly is Ziauddin’s journey from a stammering boy growing up in a tiny village high in the mountains of Pakistan, through to being an activist for equality and the father of the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and now one of the most influential and inspiring young women on the planet.

　　Told through intimate portraits of each of Ziauddin’s closest relationships – as a son to a traditional father; as a father to Malala and her brothers, educated and growing up in the West; as a husband to a wife finally learning to read and write; as a brother to five sisters still living in the patriarchy – Let Her Fly looks at what it means to love, to have courage and fight for what is inherently right. Personal in its detail and universal in its themes, this is a landmark book from the man behind the phenomenon, and shows why we must all keep fighting for the rights of girls and women around the world.