I am not Malala: Pakistani teachers release novel against Nobel Peace winner

The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF) launched a rebuttal to Malala Yousafzai’s novel ‘I am Malala’ by releasing a book titled ‘I am not Malala, I am a Muslim, I am a Pakistani' at the National Press Club in Islamabad, reports The Nation. 

The book mocked the US’ war on terror, and talks about Pakistani daughters and sons who take pride in being Pakistanis unlike Malala who sees no positivity in Pakistan. The author of the book, Mirza Kashif Ali, President All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF). He was quoted saying: “The book is written with the aim to reveal the truth and counter anti-Islamic propaganda and expose the nefarious designs of anti-Islam forces.”

The association is going to move the court on November 13 to ban “I Am Malala” across the country, they announced. Terming Malala darling of the West and Shiv Sena, an Indian far-right regional political party, Kashif said those who created al Qaeda and ISIS created Malala. Kashif questioned Malala’s father Ziauddin Yousafzai’s appointment as education attaché in Pakistani mission in Britain and UN, claiming he is a convict of wearing black armbands on the 50th anniversary of Pakistan.

The book also claims that that he father was a double agent, electricity thief and a traitor. She was also attacked for supporting Salman Rushdie and speaking up against the atrocities of Boko Haram in Nigeria, and keeping mum about Israeli aggression.