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In Islam, it is not just your right, but your responsibility to get education.

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Malala Yousafzai
Age: 27
Born: 1997
Born: July 12
Blogger
Human Rights Activist
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We should not wait for someone else to come and raise our voice. We should do it by ourselves. We should believe in ourselves. One day you will see that all the girls will be powerful All the girls will be going to school. And it is possible only by our struggle only when we raise our voice.
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I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it. That's why I have problems with our Pashtunwali code. We are supposed to take revenge for wrongs done to us, but where does that end? If a man in one family is killed or hurt by another man, revenge must be exacted to restore nang (honor).
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Malala Day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
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There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.
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I think that the best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. For me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism... just a simple thing: educate the next generation.
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When I look at my goal, my goal is peace.
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When someone takes away your pens you realise quite how important education is.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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It gives a message to people of love... it does not matter what's the colour of your skin, what language do you speak, what religion do you believe in. It is that we should all consider each other as human beings and we should respect each other.
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I thought that words and books and pens were more powerful than guns.
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I want every girl, every child, to be educated.
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They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.
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We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems, it's just one and it's education. You educate all the girls and boys. You give them the opportunity to learn.
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Why is it, that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard?
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We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.
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There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves.
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A girl has the power to go forward in her life. And she's not only a mother, she's not only a sister, she's not only a wife. But a girl has the - she should have an identity. She should be recognized and she has equal rights as a boy.
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The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.
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Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.
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