Malala Yousafzai

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2,791 appearances 13 recordings 7 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 28 May

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Fresh Air · Malala Yousafzai · 20 Apr 2026 podcast

Yes, yes.

You know, my honest reaction to a question like this is that I wish I was a child.

I wish I knew nothing about these things.

I wish I didn't have to write a blog.

I wish I didn't have to become an activist.

But that was the lived reality of girls.

At 11 years old, they're telling you that just because you are a girl, you cannot step into a classroom.

You cannot have an education.

And I know that, you know, like when I look back, I'm like, yes, that was a crazy thing that I did.

I put my life at risk.

But at the time, what scared me more was a life without an education as a girl.

It terrified me.

And I, you know, like think about women's struggle for equality, for justice everywhere around the world.

You know, we are fighting to protect ourselves against violence, against oppressions.

Women are literally being murdered and killed

You know, that's how extreme it is.

And I said, you know, education is that pathway, that hope that I can have, that I can have a better future.

So the best thing I can do is actually speak out and see if there is some hope that things will change for us.

I think he did the right thing.

I'm so grateful to have a father who never stopped me from doing what I wanted to do.

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