We Are Displaced

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2018

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1, Chapters 1-3

Part 1, Chapters 4-6

Part 2, Introduction and Chapters 7-9

Part 2, Chapters 10-12

Part 2, Chapters 13-15

Part 2, Chapter 16-Epilogue

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Essay Topics

Part 1 of We Are Displaced recounts Yousafzai’s family’s experience as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan. How does Yousafzai’s writing describe the real-life experience of everyday civilians evacuating from the Swat Valley? Refer to examples from the text.

The author recalls that her parents and brothers experienced the Taliban’s presence differently and sometimes had opposing opinions on how to cope with the insurgency. How did she and her family members react to the growing crisis? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Most of the Pakistani population are Muslim, as are the members of the Taliban. How does Yousafzai explain the crucial differences between the Taliban’s ideology and theology and the beliefs she was raised with?