Cassie

No, it doesn't. It really doesn't. And just to be a girl, a small, a child in this position where you have to stand up for yourself in this way or the alternative of that is, of course... complying to this awful regime that's happening. I just put myself in her shoes so much as an 11-year-old girl at one point in my life to have to be living like this and to have to fight for education.

It was at that moment the officer turned around and introduced himself as Franz Vanderweel, the commander of the resistance group. It was all a test, and Hany had passed it.

It was at that moment the officer turned around and introduced himself as Franz Vanderweel, the commander of the resistance group. It was all a test, and Hany had passed it.

It was at that moment the officer turned around and introduced himself as Franz Vanderweel, the commander of the resistance group. It was all a test, and Hany had passed it.

I just have to say that we were talking a little bit about small acts of defiance and how they can snowball and create change and grow. And I think the first person that comes to mind for me with that is somebody we all grew up learning about, which was Rosa Parks. But recently I learned about Claudette Colvin. Do you know her story?

I just have to say that we were talking a little bit about small acts of defiance and how they can snowball and create change and grow. And I think the first person that comes to mind for me with that is somebody we all grew up learning about, which was Rosa Parks. But recently I learned about Claudette Colvin. Do you know her story?

I just have to say that we were talking a little bit about small acts of defiance and how they can snowball and create change and grow. And I think the first person that comes to mind for me with that is somebody we all grew up learning about, which was Rosa Parks. But recently I learned about Claudette Colvin. Do you know her story?

I think that's part of why this story is so important because we have to remember that Not everyone has these rights to education. And people do fight and people do lose their lives. And never give up your right to education because it's so, so important, which is what we're going to dive into in this story.

I think that's part of why this story is so important because we have to remember that Not everyone has these rights to education. And people do fight and people do lose their lives. And never give up your right to education because it's so, so important, which is what we're going to dive into in this story.

I think that's part of why this story is so important because we have to remember that Not everyone has these rights to education. And people do fight and people do lose their lives. And never give up your right to education because it's so, so important, which is what we're going to dive into in this story.

And I think as everyone listens on, you're going to learn a lot about Malala and everything that she went through. And just how far she went and how far-reaching her voice was.

And I think as everyone listens on, you're going to learn a lot about Malala and everything that she went through. And just how far she went and how far-reaching her voice was.

And I think as everyone listens on, you're going to learn a lot about Malala and everything that she went through. And just how far she went and how far-reaching her voice was.

Yeah, it was less than a year before Rosa Parks. And I just think that it's those little small acts that in the moment might not seem huge, but clearly we're still learning about the impacts of those however many decades later.

Yeah, it was less than a year before Rosa Parks. And I just think that it's those little small acts that in the moment might not seem huge, but clearly we're still learning about the impacts of those however many decades later.

Yeah, it was less than a year before Rosa Parks. And I just think that it's those little small acts that in the moment might not seem huge, but clearly we're still learning about the impacts of those however many decades later.

In October 2008, the Pakistani military launched Operation Rahi Haq, also known as the First Battle of Swat, in hopes of regaining control, but the operation was unsuccessful. By January 2009, the ban was official. Girls were forbidden from attending school. Her father continued to publicly advocate for girls' right to education.

In October 2008, the Pakistani military launched Operation Rahi Haq, also known as the First Battle of Swat, in hopes of regaining control, but the operation was unsuccessful. By January 2009, the ban was official. Girls were forbidden from attending school. Her father continued to publicly advocate for girls' right to education.

In October 2008, the Pakistani military launched Operation Rahi Haq, also known as the First Battle of Swat, in hopes of regaining control, but the operation was unsuccessful. By January 2009, the ban was official. Girls were forbidden from attending school. Her father continued to publicly advocate for girls' right to education.

This same year, BBC Urdu contacted him and asked permission for Malala to write an anonymous blog detailing the challenges girls were facing in Swat under the Taliban. Her father agreed, and she began writing under the pen name Gul Makai, which translates to Cornflower, a heroine from the Pakistani folktale.