Malala Yousafzai

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Fresh Air · Malala Yousafzai · 20 Apr 2026 podcast

So I was praying for myself, and then she told me that I had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

And it was like the most insane thing I could ever hear from a school teacher.

And then I was told that you should go and do a press conference and go home.

And I said, no.

I went back to a physics class, and I finished my school day.

And I said, if you get a Nobel Peace Prize for education, you have to finish your school day.

Seriously, didn't know what... So I died down the next day.

I was like, give me another award, a Grammy next or something, the Oscars, who knows?

Witnessing the...

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has been the most difficult experience I have ever had because I just could not imagine what an 11-year-old Afghan girl is going through when she cannot imagine entering a classroom.

But in this time, I have also learned that giving up is not an option.

You have to keep fighting.

And for me, it was just like starting with something.

I thought...

Just do whatever you can.

We have been supporting underground secret schools for girls because Afghan girls are not giving up on learning.

And they're risking their lives, but they dare to listen to lessons on the radio.

They're secretly passing cassette tapes to each other.

It is the resilience of these Afghan girls that inspires me.

And I care about this because it is important not just for women in Afghanistan, but women everywhere.

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