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(reporter) A day out in Birmingham for Malala--
Malala. Pakistani.
- Oh, I heard about this. - (reporter) This 16 year old's life
was transformed by the attack that nearly killed her.
She's amazing.
Malala was nearly 11 when she first spoke out
- for girls rights to go to school. - Wow.
- That's young. - (Malala) I will get my education...
if it is in home, school, or any place.
- (reporter) Her home... - Good for her.
(reporter) ..Pakistan came under the brutal rule of the Taliban.
(man speaking foreign language)
Oh [bleep].
- (man speaking foreign language) - It's so ridiculous.
(reporter) Malala's determination would come at a cost.
Last year, she and her friends were travelling home
on their school bus, when it was stopped.
Malala was shot in the head...
- Oh my god. - (reporter) ..deliberately targeted
by the extremists.
Today, Malala's become the face of the world's 57 million
out of school children. She told me she still sees herself
- as an ordinary teenager. - (Malala chuckles)
- Do you believe... - Opposite.
..in a dialogue with the Taliban?
It's the job of the government to do it,
and killing people, and slaughtering people,
and flogging people, and blasting school is totally against Islam.
They are misusing the name of Islam.
- (Malala) Islam does ask us to be peaceful. - Thank you.
Islam tells us about brotherhood. This is not the true Islam
that the terrorists are showing us.
Wow.
She's so brave.
In here, with such honorable people...
Oh, she spoke at the United Nations?
On the 9th of October, 2012, the Taliban
shot me on the left side of my forehead.
- That's so sad. - They shot my friends too.
- I can't even imagine. - They thought...
..that the bullet would silent us, but they failed.
We realize the importance of our voice.
- When we are silenced-- - Dude, so much respect.
We call upon the world leaders,
ideals that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.
(applause)
This is powerful.
One child, one teacher...
one book...
and one pen can change the world.
- That's like a quote to write down. - Education is the only solution.
She's amazing. Nothing in my life has ever compared to that,
and we're probably not that far apart in age.
I'm feeling honored that I'm being chosen
- as a Nobel Laureate-- - She won the Nobel prize?
Nobel Peace Prize? That's amazing. It's amazing.
This precious award to the Nobel Peace Prize,
- and I'm proud that I'm the first-- - What have you done with your life?
(chuckles)
And the first young woman, or the first young person,
- whose getting this award. - Goddamn, she gives me goosebumps!
There was terrorism, women were not allowed to go
outside of their houses. Girl's education was totally banned,
and my life would be just getting married at the age of 13 or 14.
- Oh my gosh. - Not going to school,
- not becoming-- - I couldn't ever imagine doing that.
I decided that I would speak up.
I want to tell other children all around the world
that they should stand up for their rights.
They should not wait for someone else.
I think I do not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.
Dude, so humble. That's amazing.
But I believe that it is not only an award for what I've done,
but it is also an encouragement for giving me hope,
for giving me the courage to go and continue this campaign.
So, once again, thank you so much to all of you. Thank you.
I'm speechless. I can't even say anything about her.
She's incredible.
I'm actually a little bit speechless. I get up and complain
about having to go to school everyday, when she's having to fight
just to go to school.
The power the Taliban has in that area is pretty tough.
I've been there. My parents are from there.
It makes me feel really good that a person of that age,
that she can speak up for what she believes in.
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(Finebros) So what do you think of this girl, Malala?
I think Malala's amazing.
- She's my hero. - That takes courage. Honest courage.
To know that this one girl made such a big change,
it's just amazing.
I just wish I could do something more to help these girls.
We need so many more people like her to say the things she's saying,
because it hits people like me.
Her amount of courageousness carries over to make me feel
like I could be that courageous.
She's probably the greatest teenager of our generation.
It's just really inspiring and it just makes me glad
that there are people like that out there.
(Finebros) After she was shot, she continued speaking out.
We have a clip of what she said on The Daily Show,
after she recovered, asking if she was worried about being killed.
I used to think that Taliban would come and he would just kill me,
but then I said, "If he comes, what would you do, Malala?"
Then I would reply to myself, "Malala, just take a shoe and hit him."
- But then I said... - (audience laughs)
But then I said, "If you hit the Taliban with your shoe, then there
would be no difference between you and the Taliban."
I'd tell him how important education is, and that I even want education
for your children as well, and I would tell him,
"That's what I want to tell you. Now do what you want."
Oh my gosh.
- (audience cheers and applauds) - That's...(exhales).
She's my new hero.
Is she real?
That's so incredible that she has that much love
in her heart for people who tried to kill her.
(Finebros) But she's only 17 years old, and has won the Nobel Peace Prize
- at 17-- - Amazing.
(Finebros) What does that make you think about?
I need to get it together.
I love school.
It makes me feel like I need to go out and do more.
I need to seriously re-evaluate. (laughs)
I need to spend a little less time watching Tyler Oakley.
I'd like to look back and be like, "Oh, hey. You did this.
You did this. You made it to Teens React! Go, wow!"
And then you look at her and you're like,
"Dude, you're a piece of garbage. You've done nothing."
It makes me also strive to be like, "How can I be like that?"
She's not gonna be forgotten, you know? She's changing the course of history,
as we know it, right now.
(Finebros) So many religions have this right wing side
that can be exclusive and even sometimes violent.
What are your thoughts on beliefs leading to those kinds of things?
I think it's really stupid. As far as I was aware,
God is there for people to love and to show compassion.
Everyone believes that their religion is THE right religion,
which is why I just try to separate myself from religion as a whole.
You don't know for a fact whether any religion is true or not.
Those people that are killing and stuff for their religion
are basically killing on "What if?"
I think every religion, universally, teaches peace and love.
Using a religion to promote your violent agenda
that doesn't mean anything or relates to anything
from the actual religion, it's just complete bull[bleep].
(Finebros) What do you think about Islam as a religion?
I'm not that updated on exactly what the religion does.
I haven't studied Islam, so I don't wanna get into it.
I don't want to say anything I don't know.
I only hear bad things about it.
As far as what we see on TV and what this girl is showing us,
I think it's crazy.
There could be a positive side of the religion that we just don't hear
as much about.
If you want to know about Islam, go read a book. Go to a mosque.
Ask for a Quran. Read it yourself.
Ask questions. Don't make assumptions based on Fox News
'cause Fox News isn't a reliable source.
Because this is all we ever hear about it, it gives it a bad rep.
Obviously, not everyone who believes in Islam is like this.
The Taliban, they're using the name of Islam in a very weird way.
I've been a Muslim my whole life, and I've been educated.
My mom's educated, my aunts are educated,
they're doctors and lawyers and whatnot.
They're promoting their agenda through religion.
(Finebros) Being a Muslim, can you talk to what you've experienced
- in your life because of your background? - Stories and...oh, my brother. My god.
I'm not gonna say I'm a victim 'cause I don't have that mindset,
but I've been affected, obviously.
I deal with it, even in high school. I used to get called a terrorist
and stuff like that 'cause the way I looked.
My mom was actually filling up-- her car ran out of gas,
so she went with her friend. She got, you know, the red canister.
And then this lady's just taking pictures of her,
and so she's like, "Hey, why are you talking pictures of me?"
She's like, "Oh, you're a terrorist and you're gonna set
this whole place on fire."
She came home and she was pretty upset.
I'm like 10 or 11 years old, and we were at the airport
and we got screened for four hours... a mom, a small four year old daughter,
and an 11 year old chubby, overweight kid who's playing his video games.
Oh yeah, we're definitely a threat.
(Finebros) So, this is a very controversial issue
that's talked about a lot recently because of the rise of ISIS,
even though there's been unrest for generations that region.
As a teenager living in the United States, how do you process when you hear
about things like ISIS? What does that make you think?
It's really heartbreaking to me.
It's scary.
It's scary [bleep], you know? The world is cruel.
One of my teachers, I think, told me about it.
It's like, oh, that's sad, but it's not like for the rest of the week
I'm thinking that about everyday.
It's sad to think me and my peers don't care about it.
I guess we do care, but we aren't constantly
put in a position where we have to fight for something.
I don't think that young adults in the United States
are exposed enough to what's going on around in the world.
ISIS representing is us like is me telling you,
"Hey, you know the KKK? It represents every white American
in the United States."
That does not represent me, my family, my friends,
or the religion I follow.
(Finebros) Do you think that there is anything the world
can do to help make these situations better in any way?
I mean, there's a million things we could be doing,
but there's always going to be someone who's against it,
and that's what's the issue. That's why we're always at a stalemate.
I think the problem's just like a lot of people today
are more worried about themselves. And that's scary.
It absolutely starts with talking about it,
especially to young people like us.
- Voice your opinion. - Social media's the biggest outlet
that we have. We need to start putting that to work.
Now that I'm exposed to Malala, and her videos,
I can take that and share it, and the word can be spread.
Those thoughts and ideas are being spread all over the world,
which is gonna influence a lot of people and how they grow up,
which will hopefully lead to better things.
(Finebros) If you had the opportunity to ask Malala one question,
- what would you want to ask her? - Oh my gosh.
Can I have a four hour session with her? Q and A?
What gave you the courage to do what you did,
as opposed to the other people in your village?
How do you do it? I don't know how you go to bed
at night thinking, "Oh, tomorrow's going to be a jolly good day."
If I was her, I'd have to call my family every night, being like,
"Hey, I don't know if I'm going to make it tomorrow."
And that's rough.
(Finebros) And finally, hearing more of this story about Malala,
what is a good takeaway to apply to your everyday life?
- Positivity. - And to be more grateful,
a lot more grateful. I will wake up glad to go to school tomorrow.
Whenever people get you down, just don't stop.
Don't stop fighting for what you believe in.
If you want to get a degree in something, go do it, you know?
Don't let anything stop you, 'cause you have that opportunity here,
where millions of girls around the world don't.
Don't limit yourself because you have unlimited potential.
No matter where you come from, no matter how little resources
you have, if you want it bad enough, you can get it.
I encourage you to study up. That's all you can do.
The best thing's education. Through education, you'll expand your mind.
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