Iqbal Masih

Iqbal Masih

Iqbal Masih is a very important and inspirational book based on a true story. The book follows Fatima a child who is forced to work at a carpet-making sweatshop in Pakistan to work off her parent's debt. One day a new boy arrives and that boy's name is Iqbal. The night that he arrives all the kids gather around his pallet and start asking him questions. This is where he tells them all that they will never be able to work off the debt and most of the kids don't believe him but Fatima does. They end up becoming friends and he tells her that he is going to escape. When he inevitably does, he tries to go to the police. When he and the police get to the house the master pays the police to stay quiet about the workers. That doesn't stop him because he says a man talking about how it is illegal for children to work off debt.  Next, when he escapes again he goes to the man and that man brings some trusted police. They are able to stop the master and the kids get to go home but Iqbal stays to help bring the bosses of the factories to jail. During his work to stop the bosses, other countries take notice and invite him to speak. He was also given a scholarship to a college. During the month of April, he went to see his family but on Easter day he was assassinated. Iqbal was a true story and he is a symbol of hope and inspiration all around the world