THE MOVEMENT by Ayisha Malik, read by Shazia Nicholls - audiobook extract
With words come power. But do you speak out or shut up? \n\nEverywhere Sara Javed goes\u2014online or outside\u2014everyone is shouting about something. Couldn't they all just shut up? One day she takes her own advice.\n\nAt first people don't understand her silence and are politely confused at best. But the last thing Sara could anticipate is becoming the figurehead of a global movement that splits society in two.\n\nThe Silent Movement sparks outrage in its opposers. Global structures start to shift. And the lives of those closest to Sara\u2014as well as strangers inspired by her act\u2014begin to unravel.\n\nIt's time for the world to reconsider what it means to have a voice. \n\nA sharply observed novel, charged with compassion and dark wit, that will spark important conversations about how we live, relate and communicate now.