Being grateful for what you have.
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Malala Yousafzai
Education campaigner; co-founder of the Malala Fund; United Nations Messenger of Peace
Pakistan · b. 1997
Politics and public life
About
Began writing publicly about girls' education in the Swat Valley as a schoolgirl and was shot by a Taliban gunman on her school bus in 2012. Co-founded the Malala Fund and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, jointly with Kailash Satyarthi, at the age of seventeen.
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Recorded · On the billboard
Why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it, why is it that making tanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard?
They treat me as a regular person.
I'm trying to be more organized.
Losing my family. And fear that the world won't become a better place.
Biting my nails.
I hate it when my little brothers don't close their mouths when they're eating.
Women in leadership positions in every field who are using their advantages to inspire younger women.
I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.
Her story is why I dedicate the Nobel Peace Prize money to the Malala Fund, to help give girls quality education, everywhere, anywhere in the world and to raise their voices. The first place this funding will go to is where my heart is, to build schools in Pakistan—especially in my home of Swat and Shangla.
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