I've just seen part of 16 year old Malala Yousafzai's speech at the UN today, on the news:-


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...free-education

What an amazing public speaker she is for someone so young, I think she could have a brilliant future in politics if she chooses to go down that path.

All the best to her.

Truly amazing and inspiring young lady. I hope she doesn't go into politics, she is far too brave and honest.

I was really impressed and touched with her speech - a fantastic and inspiring young lady. Probably the best speech Ive heard in years, when you consider her story.

Also on another thread

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showp...4&postcount=30

Jon

Check out Panorama Monday 20:30 UK time, 21:30 CET. A documentary on Malala entitled 'shot for going to school'

Jon

This was marked once as the difference between religión and science. The one destroying, the other restoring.

Sha has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

She'd be a very much more deserving recipient than some who have already received it!

Totally agree, I have given up on the whole Nobel prize thing, after the EU got it and the grinning Barosso, Shultz & Van Rompoy received the prize. The Nobel prize committee has lost credibility and who really cares anyway......

Malala is getting a lot of press at the moment, and I hope her story is heard by everyone, if that means the Nobel guys get involved, then I suppose I would have to commend it...

She won a 'Pride of Britain' award last night, it was presented by David Beckham in the US because she is still over there giving talks.

I've just watched an interview with Malala on the Andrew Marr programme - every time I hear her speak I am in awe, what an inspiring person she is.

She has an ambition to return to Pakistan and enter politics there, and spoke out as clearly and plainly as anyone could wish to hear - the Taliban and the terrorists are a tiny minority, and in her words, the name of Islam is misused and abused by them.

The Sunday times has a feature on her in todays magazine.

Interesting that she is becoming a hate figure in Pakistan Accusations that she is being used as a tool by the West and her Father being a CIA Agent.

I do think she may be a puppet of her Father.

It would appear that some in Pakistan are just as easily fooled by bigoted views as are some on this forum.

Yeah. About 179 million of them