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Malala Yousafzai

”One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.”

Malala Yousafzai is (born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley,


Pakistan), Pakistani activist and a stalwart lady who actually stood
against the terrorist for the rights of the teenagers and spoke out publicly
against the prohibition on the education of girls that was imposed by the
Pakistani Terrorists (Taliban). 
The speaker is Malala Yousafzai, was shot by Taliban in October 2012.
The terrorist attack made her strong person although she is young. She
did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about
the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of shot.
She has a very pure heart expressing that she has no hatred towards the
shooter who shot her and also doesn’t think about taking action against
the Taliban. She then says,” Malala day is not my day. It is the day of
every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for
their rights and dignity.” Thousands of people have been killed by the
terrorists and millions have been injured. She is just one of them. She
then mentions a wise saying, "The pen is mightier than the sword." She
apprises the philosophy of nonviolence that she learned from Gandhi,
Bacha Khan, Gautam Buddha and Mother Teresa saying that, “This is
the forgiveness that I have learned from my father and from my mother.
This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone”.
Lastly she concludes by encouraging everyone to raise voice against the
violence, illiteracy, poverty and terrorism. She mentions that our books
pen and the knowledge is the most powerful weapon. We are
unstoppable and the strength of our words is phenomenal and also
“Education always comes first”.

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