| Pro | Moniba | | Malala's best friend. |
| | Malala | Yousafzai | Protagonist, narrator, and author. Aka: Jani Mun, Pisho, Lachi, Gul Makai. |
| | Malka | E-Noor | Malala's class rival. |
| | Dr. | Humayun | Owner of a hair transplant institute. |
| | Usman | Bhai Jan | The school bus driver. |
| | Zahid | Khan | A fellow campaigner of Malala's father. |
| | Sher | Mohammad-Khan | The finance minister of the first ruler of SWAT. |
| | Shazia | | One of Malala's friends. |
| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Jehan Sher Khan | Yousafzai | A cousin of Malala's father. |
| | Ziauddin | Yousafzai | Malala's father. |
| | Rahmat Shah | Sayel | A famous poet. |
| | Mullah | Saidullah | A preacher. Aka: Mad Fakir. |
| | Kushal | Khan-Khattak | A warrior and a poet. |
| | Atal | Yousafzai | Malala's brother. |
| | Tor | Pekai | Malala's mother. |
| | Janser | Khan | Malala's grandfather. Tor Pekai's father. |
| | Miangul | Abdul-Wadood | The King of SWAT. Aka: Badsha Sahib. |
| | Miangul | Abdul-Haq-Jehanzeb | Wadood's son. |
| | Safina | | Malala's childhood friend. |
| | Babar | | Malala's childhood friend. |
| | Basit | | Malala's childhood friend. |
| 2 | Rohul | Amin | Malala's grandfather. |
| | Fazli | Hakim | Rohul's nephew. |
| | Lewano | Pir | The saint of the mad. |
| | Saeed | Ramzan | Jehan's brother. Aka: Khan Dada. |
| | Mohammad | Ali Jinnah | The founder of Pakistan. |
| | Abdul | Ghaffar-Khan | The Pashtun leader. |
| | Zia | Ul-Haq | A general. The dictator of Pakistan. |
| | Zulfikar | Ali-Bhutto | The prime minister. |
| | Colonel | Imam | The head officer of ISI. |
| | Ronald | Reagan | The U.S. President. |
| | Margaret | Thatcher | The prime minister of U.K. |
| | Osama | Bin Laden | A Saudi millionaire. |
| | Sufi | Mohammad | A friend of Malala's father. |
| | Faiz | Mohammad | Tor Pekai's brother. Malala's uncle. |
| | Rahmat | Shah-Sayel | The famous poet. |
| 3 | Karachi | | Ziauddin's brother-in-law. |
| | Nasir | Pacha | Ziauddin's relative. |
| | Jajai | | Pacha's wife. |
| | Akbar | Khan | Ziauddin's mentor. |
| | | | PSF - Pakhtoon Students Information. |
| | Ihsan | Ul-Haq Hassini | The President of the Students Group in Jehanzen College. |
| | Ayatollah | Khomeini | The Supreme Leader of Iran. |
| | Naeem | Khan | Ziauddin's colleague. |
| | Hidayahtullah | | Ziauddin's colleague. |
| | Miss | Ulfat | One of Ziauddin's staff. |
| 4 | Shahida | | One of Ziauddin's employees. |
| | Seema | | A beautiful girl. Malala's acquaintance. |
| 5 | Reena | | Malala's cousin. |
| | Safina | | Malala's friend. |
| | Sher | Zaman | One of Ziauddin's students. |
| | Benazir | Bhutto | A politician. |
| | Nawaz | Shariff | Bhutto's rival. A prime minister. |
| | Pervez | Musharaff | Sharif's chief general. The 4th military ruler. |
| | Iftikhar | | A local commander. |
| | Fatima | | Malala's schoolmate. |
| | Allama | Iqbal | Pakistan's national poet. |
| 6 | Aneesa | | Malala's cousin. |
| | Sultana | | The former maid of Ziauddin. |
| | Shehnaz | | Sultana's daughter. |
| | Kharoo | | The former maid of Ziauddin. |
| | Nooria | | Kharoo's daughter. |
| | Sharafat | Ali | The man who helped Ziauddin. |
| | Azaday | Khan | A wealthy philanthropist. |
| | Mulah | Omar | The Taliban's leader. |
| | Wahid | Zaman | Ziauddin's friend. |
| | Khalid | Sheikh-Mohammad | The mastermind of 9/11. |
| 7 | Abu | Bakr | The leader of Caliph. |
| | Shia-t | Ali | The leader of Islam. |
| | Dr. | Haider Ali | A well-known psychiatrist. |
| | | | FATA - Federally Administered Tribal Areas. |
| | Ayman | Al-Zawahiri | Bin Laden's deputy. |
| | Faqir | Muhammad | An influential local cleric. |
| 8 | Miss | Rubi | Malala's favorite. |
| | Khushal | | Malala's brother. |
| | | | TNSM - Tehrike-Nifaz-E-Sharia-E-Mohammad. |
| | Sufi | Mohammad | The founder of TNSM. |
| | Hafiz | Saeed | The leader of LeT. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| | Maulana | Fazlullah | A militant leader. |
| | Shah | Douran | Fazlullah's deputy. |
| | Nawab | Ali | Malala's Urdu teacher. |
| | Maulana | Liaquat | Fazlullah's brother. |
| | | | ANP - Awami National Party. |
| | Malak | Bakht-Baidar | Ziauddin's friend who was kidnapped. |
| 10 | Abdul | Aziz | A religion leader. |
| | Abdul | Rashid | Aziz's brother. A religion leader. |
| | Baitullah | Mehsud | The leader of Pakistan Taliban. |
| | Liaquat | Ali | The first prime minister of Pakistan. |
| 11 | Obaidullah | | Malala's chemistry teacher. |
| | Ahmad | Shah | Ziauddin's friend and fellow activist. |
| | Zahid | Khan | Ziauddin's friend and fellow activist. |
| | Mohammad | Farooq | The Vice Chancellor of SWAT University. Ziauddin's friend. |
| | Muslim | Khan | The Taliban's spokesman. |
| | Madam | Maryam | Malala's school principal. |
| | Asif | Zardari | The President of Pakistan. |
| | Maulana | Shah-Dauran | One of Fazlullah's deputy. |
| 12 | Shabana | | A Pakistani singer and dancer who was killed. |
| | Syed | Javid | Pakistan's deputy commissioner. |
| 13 | Abdul | Hai-Kakar | A BBC radio correspondent. |
| | Ayesha | | Madam Maryam's younger sister. |
| | Dr. | Afzal | A hospital owner. Ziauddin's friend. |
| | Adam | Ellick | An American Video Journalist. |
| | Irfan | Ashraf | A Pakistani journalist. |
| 14 | Musa | Khan-Khel | A T.V. reporter who was killed. |
| | Yusuf | Raza-Gilani | The Prime Minister of Pakistan. |
| | Zahid | Hussain | A well-known journalist. |
| | Faqir | Mohammad | The leader of militants in
Bajaur. |
| | Kamran | Khan | A journalist. |
| 15 | Honey | | Wife of Malala's cousin. |
| | Khanjee | | Malala's cousin. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 16 | Mehmud | | Muslim Khan's colleague. |
| | Ahmad | Shah | Ziauddin's friend. |
| | Athar | Abbas | The chief spokesman for the army. |
| | Dr. Shamsher | Ali | A well-known ANP and politician. |
| | Shiza | | Malala's friend. |
| | Sultana | Rome | Malala's cousin. |
| | | | HAARP - High Frequenct Active Auroral Research Program. |
| 17 | Qaumi | Jirga | The spokesman of Qaumi Jirga. |
| | Salman | Taseer | The governor of Punjab. |
| | Raymond | Davis | A CIA agent. |
| | Amal | | Bin Laden's wife. |
| | Ashfaq | Kayani | The chief of staff of army. |
| | Ahmad | Shuja-Pasha | The head of ISI. |
| | Desmond | Tutu | An archbishop from South Africa. |
| | Shahbaz | Shariff | The Chief Minister of Punjab. |
| | Khyber | Pakhtunkhwa | The Chief Minister of Pakistan. |
| | Ghulam | Kamar | The major general commander. |
| 18 | Aunt | Najma | Malala's aunt. |
| | Altad | Hussain | The MQM leader. |
| | Lord | Mountbatten | The last British Viceroy of India. |
| | Shela | Anjum | A pakistani journalist. |
| | Shad | Begum | An activist in Dir. |
| 19 | Hannah | | Madam Maryam's daughter. |
| | Mehboob | | A Geo TV correspondent. |
| | Haroon | | The boy who wrote a love letter to Malala. |
| 20 | Miss | Shazia | One of Malala's teachers. |
| | Miss | Ulfat | Malala's kindergarten teacher. |
| | Sher | Mohammad-Baba | A school assistant. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| 21 | Ahmad | Shah | Ziauddin's friend. |
| | Riaz | | One of Ziauddin's friends. |
| | Dr. | Mumtaz | A neurosurgeon. |
| | | | CMH - Combined Military Hospital. |
| | Colonel | Junaid | A neurosurgeon. |
| | Ehsanullah | Ehsan | A spokesman for the TTP. |
| | Imran | Khan | The cricketer-turned-politician. |
| | Mian | Iftikhar-Hussein | The provincial information minister. |
| | Dr. Javid | Kayani | A British doctor. |
| | Dr. Fiona | Davis | A British doctor. |
| | Haider | Hoti | The chief minister of Pakistan province. |
| | Reman | Malik | The interior minister. |
| | Arfa | Karim | A child computer genius in Punjab. |
| 22 | Ban | Ki-Moon | The U.N. Secretary General. |
| | Raheela | Qazi | A local MP from Jamaate-Islami Party. |
| | Barrack | Obama | The U.S. President. |
| 23 | Ghulam | Qamar | The head of Military in SWAT operations. |
| | Yma | Choudhury | The jolly director of operations. |
| | Julie | Tracy | The head nurse. |
| | Fiona | Alexander | The editor of Birmingham post and a long-term journalist. |
| | Rehanna | | The Muslim Chaplain that Malala met. |
| | Gordon | Brown | The U.N. envoy for special education. |
| | Olaf | Caroe | The former British Governor in the province of Pakistan. |
| 24 | Sonia | | Shiza's mother. |
| | Rehman | Malik | Pakistan's interior minister. |
| | Sheikh-Abdullah | Bin-Zayed | Former
minister of UAE. |
| | Ataullah | Khan | Malala's attacker. |
| | Richard | Irving | A surgeon. |
| Epi | Amjad | | The teacher who put a big poster of Malala's face. |
| | Adnan | Rashid | A Taliban commander. |
