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Give my books, I'll take examinations in Swat: Malala Yousafzai

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Supriya Rai
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BANGALORE, INDIA: Rarely does anyone get the honor of having a day named after them, even after achieving great feats. But the teen blogger from Pakistan Malala Yousafzai has managed to do it at such a tender age.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's Special Envoy for Global Education, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said November 10, a month after Yousafzai was shot at by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan, has been declared Malala Day.

Malala Yousafzai was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad.Her 'crime' according to the Taliban was that she dared to expose them by blogging about their hostility. She blogged for BBC Urdu in 2009 under the pen name 'Gul Makai'. In her blog she mentions about how the Taliban objected to girls attending school, hence they were asked to wear normal clothes instead of a uniform by their principal.

She also repeatedly mentions gunfire, artilleries and dead bodies. ''On my way from school to home I heard a man saying 'I will kill you'. I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief he was talking on his mobile,'' says a post on her blog. To read the entire blog of this innocent school girl, click here.

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People from across the world, irrespective of their caste and creed, are posting messages on social media in honor of Malala. ''Wishing a very Educative MALALA DAY to everyone!!! Yes, let's fight for Girl's Education!!,'' says one such message on Twitter.

 

In a video posted on YouTube, Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai has thanked people for all the support. ''Malala told me to bring her class 9 books so she can study and attend her examinations in Swat,'' said a teary eyed Ziauddin to the press. 

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Thousands of people from across the world have signed a global petition calling for her to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The latest video of Malala on YouTube shows her going through all the letters sent to her from her well wishers from around the globe and her father thanking the world for standing by them. Click here to see the video.

(With inputs from NDTV)

 

 

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