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| I don't even have to write an article, I could just give you Malala quotes. |
Today, the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced its
youngest winner ever, Pakistani education advocate and world-famous terrorism
survivor Malala
Yousafzai. Her co-recipient Kailash Satyarthi,is an equally impressive
child labor activist, who goes beyond rhetoric to leading actual raids of
factories employing children, even standing down armed guards. Together, they
are excellent representatives of the people who actively fight every day against fundamentalism, extremism, and violence.
Ms. Yousafzai’s activism on behalf of women and girls’
education everywhere has earned her nearly universal praise from the West,
including this latest honor, yet she still cannot
return home to Pakistan due to fears for her and her family’s life. While she
is widely known and celebrated abroad, feted by heads of state, and has even
met Queen Elizabeth II, Malala is often called a Western pawn or CIA agent in the Pakistani media, with some even doubting the veracity of the Taliban’s attempt
on her life in 2012.
