Malala Yousafzai: Courage, Books, and a Fund for Girls’ Education
A schoolgirl in Pakistan's Swat Valley once believed education was every girl's right, and she said so out loud. That belief would carry Malala Yousafzai's name across the world. Her father, Ziauddin, ran a local school and taught her to speak without fear. At eleven, she began writing for BBC Urdu under the pen name Gul Makai, describing daily life under Taliban rule and the growing restrictions on schoolgirls. Her entries drew attention to a crisis few outside the valley understood.
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