Malala is one of us
The Swat Valley of northern Pakistan, in the highlands between Kashmir and the Khyber Pass, was once a lush, peaceful place. It was ruled by Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb — the Wali, or absolute monarch, of Swat. A modernizer, the Wali built schools for his subjects — girls as well as boys — and toured remote regions where no one had ever seen an automobile.
«A beautiful, pristine place where mountains climbed to the clouds,» Zebu Jilani calls the land of her childhood. «People called it the real Shangri-La.» The Wali was her grandfather. Princess Zebu, as Swatis still refer to her, recalls…
