Loud Thinking

A write up by Ms Sabena Siddiqi,

:- Via Barry Grossman Des Brittain: Saint Malala was cleverly created by some of the top media and Political experts in the West. We know they did it partly due to the personal greed of her own father and partly to legitimise an unjust war that the West has lost.

The fourth war against Afghan tribesmen in 160 years. But how did they manage to turn this child into a Saint. Syndrome of the West:

1. Edelman, the world’s biggest public relations firm which lists the likes of Starbucks and Microsoft as clients, handles her PR. They have set up a 5 person “Malala Press Office” in London for the purpose;

2. McKinsey & Co, the giant management consultancy firm that advises governments, advises her on every step she has to take;

3. James Lundie, a well-known speechwriter, and former press secretary to Lib-Dem leader Lord Ashdown, is assisting her in speaking assignments around the world;

4. A Malala Fund has been established for promoting education of girls in Swat. More than £ 2 million have so far been collected, with Angelina Jolie donating $200,000 and undisclosed amounts from other donors;

5. Shiza Shahid of McKinsey Consulting heads the Malala Fund, with Megan Smith, vice-president of Microsoft on its board. Shiza Shahid is related to Malala’s father;

6. Her autobiography “I AM MALALA”, co-authored by Christina Lamb, came out last Monday, to coincide with the announcement of the Nobel Prize;

7. £ 1million is the advance she got for her book, which is expected to be a best-seller;

8. Her nomination for the Nobel has been proposed by the prime ministers of the UK, Canada, Norway, and Sweden; *

9. Her portrait by Jonathan Yeo, who has done official portraits of British Prime Ministers and Duke of Edinburgh, now hangs in Britain’s National Portrait Gallery, London;

10. The Queen has invited her to tea at the Buckingham Palace;

11. There’s a 3 week waiting list of journalists who want to interview her;

12. Mr Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister is her handler. And it all started when her father was hired by The New York Times, in 2009, for a story to debunk you know who in Swat……