Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Jemima Scott

Sachi

In Pakistan when women say they want independence, people think this means we don't want to obey our fathers, brothers or husbands. But it does not mean that. It means we want to make decisions for ourselves. We want to be free to go to school or to go to work. 

The power of journalism to bring people together is incredible 

One day a lady called Shehla Anjum turned up at our hostel. She Was a Pakistani journalist living in Alaska and wanted to meet me atter she had seen the documentary about us on the New York Times website.

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