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The 2016-17 ������ Common Reading this year is the memoir I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai, with Christina Lamb.

The Common Reading featured speaker is Khalida Brohi.

Khalida Brohi is the founder and executive director of the , a nonprofit social enterprise in Pakistan dedicated towards providing tribal and rural women opportunities to grow their skills as well as learn leadership skills in an environment of growth and development.

Brohi launched Sughar in 2009 (“Sughar” means “skilled and confident woman”) to provide opportunities to unleash the potential of all women in Pakistan, such as resources to launch and sustain rural businesses. Brohi’s aim over the next 10 years is to change the lives of one million women in Pakistan.

This event is free and open to the public.