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THROUGH

THE EYES

OF MALALA

– A Fictional Interview

with Malala Yousafzai

ducation empowers students with the ability In one of your interviews, you said you wanted to
to use creativity and imagination productively become a doctor when you were younger. How come
Eto look at problems from a different angle and you switched paths?
come up with unique solutions. It allows us to step into We are human beings, and this is a part of our
the shoes of our community, allowing us to change, human nature – that we don’t learn the importance of
develop, and inspire. anything until it’s snatched from our hands. In Pakistan,
when we were stopped from going to school, I realized
Aiyana Nagrare from MYP 3A created a fictional the importance of education and the power it gives
interview piece as part of her submission for Language us. Education helps you discover your identity and
& Literature. The task was to create an interview script, gives a sense of awareness towards the community
and she chose Malala Yousafzai. and society. I did not want to be deprived of that, and
I want every child to have equal access to their right to
education.
Q: Hello Malala! It is such an honour to have you here
— you’re an extremely inspiring personality who has To what extent did your father’s support towards you
touched the hearts of millions. We’ve all followed and your mission impact/better your movement?
you on your journey since your encounter with the Well, my father always says, “Ask me what I did, but
Taliban in Swat Valley, but to begin with, we would ask me what I did not do, and I did not clip her wings”.
love to hear of some of your favourite childhood He has not clipped my wings. He has allowed me to fly
memories. as high as I can.
A: Honestly, before terrorism came to Pakistan, we
were living in paradise – Swat Valley. Tourists came to How has your experience with gender inequality
Swat from all over the world. As a child, I loved spending empowered your aim of starting the Malala
time with my friends. I had two best friends, Shazia movement? To what extent did it hold you back in
Ramzan and Kainat Riaz. Besides that, I used to love your younger years?
reading. I learnt English in my younger years, and so I I loved learning new things as a child. There wasn’t
was introduced to a whole new range of books. Fiction really a lot of discrimination or inequality in Swat Valley
books were my favourite, they were like an escape for until the Taliban came. They do not want women to get
me, my mind would go to a whole new world, away educated because then women would become more
from terrorism. powerful.

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