With all the serious shit going on in the world, here is an absolutely uplifting clip from The Daily Show that should be required viewing for, like, life. If you haven't heard of Malala Yousafzai, take a moment now to familiarize yourself: The Pakistani teen was shot in the head when she was 14 years old in 2012 by a Taliban soldier because she was unafraid to speak out about education and women's rights, she's now poised to become the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate ever, and she has more well-formed, intelligent opinions about gender rights, religion, pacificism, and human nature than most U.S. politicians currently sitting in office do. Oh, and she's just 16.
Last night, Malala brought her wisdom to NYC and appeared on The Daily Show to promote her new memoir, I Am Malala, and talk about her opinions on women, education, religion, and the attack that very nearly took her life.
Everyone should watch the entire extended cut of Malala's interview, but this particular quote is worth being highlighted. In response to host Jon Stewart's question of how Malala felt when she found out that the Taliban had made her a target because she'd been speaking to the public and press about the terrorism going on in their down, she had this to say—a quote that, it should be noted, left Stewart completely speechless:
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This girl is amazing. She also went into why the Taliban was oppressing women and not allowing them proper education, sounding remarkably older than her years:
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You can check out part one of the extended interview above, then head on over to check out part two here, and part three here.
[via Business Insider]
