Malala Yousafzai who survived a shot to the head by means of the Taliban had relived the incident and herexistence in the Swat Valley in ‘I am Malala’.
LONDON: Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai and her own family have come to be millionaires because ofprofits from her memoir describing lifestyles under Taliban rule in Pakistan’s picturesque Swat valley and appearances at the lecture circuit round the arena.
The 18-12 months–antique Pakistani youngster who survived a shot to the head by way of the Taliban had relived the incident and her lifestyles within the Swat Valley in ‘I am Malala’, co-written with ‘Sunday Times‘ journalist Christina Lamb.
A company installation to guard the rights to her lifestyles story had 2.2 million pounds within the bankvia August 2015 and made a pre-tax profit of one.1 million kilos.
Malala, her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, and her mother Toor Pekai are joint shareholders of the organization, Salarzai Ltd, ‘The Instances‘ reviews.
They are now based totally in Birmingham, in which Malala – who became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 – attends Edgbaston Excessive School for Ladies.
Her autobiography, which files her reviews developing up in Pakistan’s Swat Valley below Taliban rule and being shot while visiting home from School on the bus with her pals, become published in October 2013with the aid of Weidenfeld & Nicolson within the United kingdom in a deal mentioned to be worthapproximately 2 million pounds.
It has offered at least 1.8 million copies global, in step with Neilsen Book Studies, which includes287,000 copies inside the Uk, incomes 2.2 million kilos in Britain in paperback and hardback Income.
According to analyze by means of the us–primarily based Institute for Coverage Research, Malala is likewise one of the higher–incomes Nobel laureates, bringing in 114,000 kilos in step with speech, as compared with sixty four,000 pounds for Desmond Tutu.
Her father, an educator and human rights campaigner who resisted Taliban tries to shut down his ownCollege in Swat, also offers lectures.
Salarzai Ltd, set up in August 2013 and based in London, operates one at a time to the Malala Fund, a charitable enterprise inspired by means of Malala and installation by means of the Important Voices partnership to assist Girls complete secondary education in safety the world over.
Most lately, Malala spoke in London remaining week to pay tribute to Jo Cox, the British MP who becamestabbed to loss of life earlier this month in her constituency.
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