We Are Displaced

We Are Displaced is a 2019 book written by Malala Yousafzai with 11 contributors. In We Are Displaced, Yousafzai reflects on her personal journey as a displaced person while also sharing testimonials from other young women who have also experienced displacement. Yousafzai became famous in 2012 after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in her home city of Mingora, Pakistan. After recovering from her injuries, she became an activist for girls’ education around the world and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in 2014. The contributors featured in this work are women who come from countries such as Yemen, Iraq, Myanmar, and Congo, who were displaced from their homes when local conflicts threatened their safety. This SuperSummary study guide is based on the Kindle Edition of this book; please note that all citations in this study guide refer to location not page. Readers should be aware that the testimonials in this book have distressing themes that include descriptions of violence.

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In her first two chapters, Yousafzai recounts how the growing influence of the Taliban affected her early childhood in

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