>>> THERE ARE NOT MANY PEOPLE
WHO HAVE TOUCHED THE WORLD LIKE
ACTIVIST, AUTHOR AND U.N.
MESSENGER OF PEACE MALALA
YOUSAFZAI.
WHEN SHE WAS JUST 11 THE TALIBAN
OCCUPIED HER VILLAGE AND BANNED
GIRLS FROM GOING TO SCHOOL AND
BECAME A TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR
EDUCATING GIRLS BUT AT 15 SHE
WAS ATTACKED, SHE WAS SHOT IN
THE HEAD.
>> BUT THAT DID NOT SILENCE
MALALA AND CONTINUED TO SPEAK
OUT AND AT 17 BECAME THE
YOUNGEST PERSON EVER TO RECEIVE
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AND SINCE
THEN GRADUATED FROM OXFORD
UNIVERSITY AND NOW LAUNCHING A
BOOK CLUB CALLED FEARLESS.
HIGHLIGHTING THE WORK OF AUTHORS
OFTEN UNSEEN.
MALALA.
>> MALALA!
>> WE ARE SO THRILLED YOU’RE
WITH US TODAY.
>> HI, HODA AND JENNA.
I’M SO EXCITED TO BE ON YOUR
SHOW, AND, YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY
HONORED THAT I’M TALKING TO TWO
AMAZING YOUNG WOMEN.
>> OH!
>> YOUNG WOMEN, TOO.
THANK YOU, MALALA!
>> YOU ARE STILL YOUNG.
I HAVE GRADUATED AND ENTERING MY
20s AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT PHASE OF MY LIFE.
I’M LEARNING SO MUCH SO YEAH.
FOREVER YOUNG.
>> FOREVER YOUNG.
MALALA, YOU JUST WROTE THIS
BEAUTIFUL ARTICLE IN "VANITY
FAIR" ABOUT GRADUATING IN 2020
AND THAT YOUR CLASS ALTHOUGH YOU
DIDN’T REALLY GET TO SAY
GOOD-BYE TO SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS
AT OXFORD HAVE SO MANY LESSONS
TO BE SHARED.
>> YEAH.
I STUDIED AT HOME FOR THE PAST
FIVE, SIX MONTHS.
I MISS MY COLLEGE SO MUCH.
I TOOK EXAMS AT HOME.
I GRADUATED AT HOME.
IT WAS A REALLY DIFFICULT MOMENT
AND I’M SURE IT WAS FOR ALL THE
STUDENTS, AS WELL.
BECAUSE OF COVID THEY COULD NOT
TAKE THE EXAMS AND BE IN THE
SCHOOL BUT THE PAST THREE OR
FOUR YEARS, I LEARNED SO MUCH
FROM THE FRIENDS AND TOO MUCHERS
AND HAD A GREAT TIME LIVING AWAY
FROM HOME.
YOU LEARN THAT SENSE OF
INDEPENDENCE, YOU LEARN TO SORT
OUT YOUR COOKING, LAUNDRY.
EVERYTHING YOURSELF.
SO IT’S A GREAT LEARNING
EXPERIENCE.
>> SOME PEOPLE LOOK AT THE STATE
OF THE WORLD AND THEY GET
DISTRESSED OR DEPRESSED.
I LOOK AT YOU AND THE YOUNG
PEOPLE COMING UP AND I THINK THE
WORLD IS YOUR HANDS.
DO YOU FEEL OPTIMISTIC?
PESSIMISTIC?
ARE YOU FEELING AS YOU ENTER
INTO THIS PHASE OF CHANGING THE
WORLD YET AGAIN?
>> IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME, I
MUST SAY.
WE ARE LIVING IN A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS EXTREMIST VIEWS STILL
THERE.
THERE IS HATRED AGAINST
DIFFERENT RACES, AGAINST
DIVERSITY, AGAINST INCLUSION,
AGAINST INDIVIDUALS, AGAINST
ETHNICITIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND
THAT DOES PUT OUT A GREAT
CHALLENGE IN FRONT OF US.
THEN WE HAVE CHALLENGES IN TERMS
OF TALKING ABOUT ENVIRONMENT AND
HOW WE CAN SAVE OUR -- THE SPACE
AND THE AIR THAT WE ARE LIVING
IN.
AND SO IT IS A DIFFICULT TIME,
THERE ARE STILL 130 MILLION
GIRLS OUT OF SCHOOL.
BUT I STAY HOPEFUL AND
OPTIMISTIC BECAUSE IT HAS TO
CHANGE ONE DAY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CHANGE DOES
NOT OCCUR ITSELF.
SOMEBODY HAS TO STEP OUT, SAY
SOMETHING AND DO SOMETHING AND
THAT’S HOW CHANGE HAPPENS.
I’M TRYING TO DO MY BEST TO
ENSURE THAT WE LIVE IN A WORLD
WHERE EVERY GIRL CAN GO TO
SCHOOL, EVERY GIRL HAS A VOICE
AND CAN LEARN AND LEAD AND I
BELIEVE THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE
BUT THAT IT REQUIRES US TO ACT.
>> YEAH.
MALALA, YOU SAY YOU DON’T HAVE
TO BE AN ADULT, WE SEE THIS IN
YOUR EXAMPLE, THAT YOU CAN BE A
YOUNG PERSON TO BE A LEADER, TO
MAKE CHANGE.
FOR ALL OF US THAT ARE RAISING
GIRLS AND HODA AND I HAVE TWO
EACH, WHAT SHOULD WE DID?
WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS DO TO
INSTILL THIS IN YOU?
>> I’M REAL HE GRATEFUL TO MY
PARENTS FOR ALWAYS LISTENING TO
ME, ENCOURAGING ME, SUPPORTING
ME AND THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE
WITH ME WHEN I WANTED TO SPEAK
OUT.
SO EVEN SMALL WORDS FROM PARENTS
LIKE WELL DONE, WE ARE PROUD OF
YOU MEANS SO MUCH TO CHILDREN SO
ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT FROM
PARENTS IS ALWAYS AN EMPOWERMENT
TO THOSE CHILDREN AND I’M SURE
YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE AMAZING.
JUST CONTINUE SUPPORTING THEM IN
THEIR DREAMS AND THAT THEY
SHOULD THEY CAN DO ANYTHING IN
THE WORLD, THEY CAN BE CHANGE
MAKERS, BE LEADERS, SCIENTISTS,
TEACHERS, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO
BE IS ALWAYS ENSURING THAT THEIR
BELIEF IN THEMSELVES REMAINS
STRONG.
>> IT WORKED FOR YOU IN SPADES.
I WAS SO HAPPY TO READ THAT
YOU’RE STARTING A BOOK CLUB AND
HOPEFULLY YOU’LL BE CHANGING A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT THIS?
>> I STARTED THIS BOOK CLUB
CALLED FEARLESS AND I’M SO
EXCITED TO SHARE BOOKS THAT ARE
ABOUT YOUNG WOMEN AND ESPECIALLY
ABOUT NEW IDEAS AND I WANT TO
FOCUS ON WOMEN WHO ARE WRITING
THE FIRST BOOKS BECAUSE THERE’S
FEAR AND SCARED AND HOW THEIR
BOOK WILL BE RECEIVED SO IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THOSE
FIRST TIME WRITERS, THAT WE
SUPPORT YOUNG FEMINIST WRITERS
AND I’M ONE OF THEM AND SO
EXCITED TO SHARE THEIR BOOKS AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
IT WILL BE A TIME FOR US TO COME
TOGETHER AND READ TOGETHER,
SHARE THE IDEAS WITH EACH OTHER,
TALK ABOUT THESE BOOKS, WHAT WE
LEARNED AND I FEEL THAT AS MUCH
AS YOU CAN LEARN FROM READING AT
THE SAME TIME THE DISCUSSION,
THAT ENGAGEMENT THAT FOLLOWS
AFTER THAT IS AN ENLIGHTENING
EXPERIENCE AND REALLY EXCITED
FOR THIS.
>> I THINK IT’S THE PERFECT
THING BECAUSE THE TALIBAN TRIED
TO TAKE YOUR BOOKS AND YOU SAID,
NO.
NOW YOU ARE HIGHLIGHTING THESE
BEAUTIFUL BOOKS.
IT IS A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE WE
HAVE TO SAY AND WE HAVE TO SAY
YOU’RE A PAID SPOKESPERSON BUT
HOW AWESOME THAT YOU ARE
HIGHLIGHTING THE FEMALE AUTHORS
AND NOW WE WISH YOU THE BEST
LUCK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
IT WAS AMAZING BEING WITH YOU