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“My father used to say the people of Swat and the teachers would continue to educate our children until the last room, the last teacher and the last student was alive. My parents never once suggested I should withdraw from school, ever. Though we loved school, we hadn't realized how important education was until the Taliban tried to stop us.”

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Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai

A Pakistani journalist born on July 12, 1997, in the Swat Valley of northwestern Pakistan. She is known for her advocacy of girls' education and became an international figure after surviving a Taliban shooting incident in 2012. In 2014, she became the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. more

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