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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome back to the program, Malala Yousafzai. I feel better already.
Oh, thank you. Thank you so much.
It's been a rough day. Where's... What's your take on humanity these days? Pro or again? Where do you... Where do you have us?
Well, it is really a tragic news what happened. And I have seen these kinds of situations in my life when there's no justice, when there's no human feeling, when there's no humanity. And for a second, you think that no one has feelings at all, but our prayers are with the families and we pray for peace. We pray for the prosperity of everyone.
It's interesting, you said something in the film, which is one voice. And there are many voices. And I think the easy thing to forget is how easy it is for darkness to wreak havoc and to forget we're really much more surrounded by light and by education. Now, are you still in school?
Yes, I had just my exams, GCSE exams. I don't know what you call it.
The GSE, is it, are you in college? Are you in high school?
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Chapter 2: What insights does Malala Yousafzai share about education and activism?
Right. No, it's inspiring, although I have to think you have two brothers. Yes. Are you the oldest?
Yes, I am the oldest.
And I have to think for them to come home and say, I got in the school play. And then you could just be like, is it about, I don't know, being awarded a Nobel Peace Prize this play? And you can taunt them. And it's clear in the film, you enjoy taunting them.
I think they should be nice to me.
Yes. I think that's true. The little one has a very, there's a very, very funny scene. You two seem to have a very playful relationship.
Yes, and in the trailer, like, I praised him, but I'm kind of regretting why I praised him. Because he is getting a bit kind of not the good brother.
Really? So he's a little naughty. The older brother seemed to be the, he was known as the lazy one. Yes. In the clip. But the little one you felt was very good, little bit naughty. He's going full-blown naughty.
Yes.
All right. And you know what I really, what I love about what you do is you love your country, and you love your religion, and you're not looking to, you're looking to just speak for people who want an education.
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Chapter 3: How does Malala view the current state of humanity?
And we hope to see our land.
The footage from Swat Valley is beautiful. It looks like a sort of a magical place.
Do you still think it's as beautiful as New Jersey?
Let me... Thank you.
You know, I have to say, I didn't realize you were paying attention during the last interview. So now, now I have to think back to all the terrible things I said. The education fund. And you talked about the millions of people. There's a lot in the film of you visiting these schools. Education is something that is a generational benefit and will take time. Do you...
get impatient sometimes with the progress of it? Or do you see enough that it lifts you enough to keep going?
I do get depressed when I see that there are 57 million children who are deprived of education only at the primary level. And then there are girls, brilliant, brilliant girls who can, who have big dreams, but they don't have the opportunity to get education. So it is disappointing.
But when you see brilliant girls who have this courage to stand up for their rights, like Muzoon, who is a Syrian refugee and now lives in Jordan, Yes. And she's a wonderful girl, and I have met her, and now she is helping girls and boys in her community, in the camp she's living, to go to school, and she's encouraging them.
I have met many girls in Nigeria when I went there to stand, to raise my voice for the kidnappees in Nigeria. Right. So I met brilliant girls there as well, and from Pakistan, So it's really nice to see them speaking. And I always encourage, wherever I go, I encourage children and people that they should not wait for someone else to speak up for them.
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Chapter 4: What challenges does Malala face while balancing education and activism?
In some places, there are cultural issues. So that's why we are now kind of telling the world leaders, asking them that 12 years of education should be made free. And this is our demand for the Sustainable Development Goals. And I hope that when the world leaders, they come together, when they make these goals, they need to think about the education of children.
And it's not just their education, it's their future. And our future. Yes, definitely.
Without them, it doesn't work. And it's so interesting. Boy, you don't hold back. You know, you met with President Barack Obama and told him, man, drone strikes. No bueno. You probably didn't use Spanish. But you said, no, don't do that. And then when you went to Nigeria and you said to good luck, Jonathan, you have to do more. And you have to listen to your people and get these rules.
And you can almost see... You know, there's the footage in Good Luck Jonathan, who is no longer the leader there, looking like, is that, hey, what? You know, he really was kind of taken aback. And it was beautiful in its very concise honesty.
Yes, I think you have to sometimes ignore all the formal stuff and tell the truth.
Well, you really are a teenager. That is what they do, I think.
Yes, so be straightforward and tell the truth that this is going wrong. And I think it's important for the world leaders to think that what their decision, what's the impact of their decisions on common people and who gets affected. Right. And through all these wars, conflicts, innocent people, they get killed, get injured, they become homeless, they become migrants.
And it's tragic because they have to suffer for their whole life. And so now I think the world leaders need to be quite serious now.
And even going and just bearing witness to their despair, I think, is important, because they do... You know, in Syria, they had a life in this conflict. There's millions that have had to flee. They were shopkeepers and accountants and dentists, and now they live in a desert and are... They have to know they're not forgotten.
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