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Malala Yousafzai's Interview In 'British Vogue' Sparks Anger In Her Native Pakistan

The Nobel prize winner posed for a cover portait and spoke openly in an interview. One of her remarks about marriage has prompted vitriolic responses on social media in her homeland.
Malala Yousafzai is the subject of the cover story in the new issue of <em>British Vogue</em>. A comment she made about marriage has prompted social media outrage in Pakistan.

In Malala Yousafzai's 23 years, she's won the Nobel peace prize. She runs a global girls' education charity. She graduated from Oxford. She's known by only one name, like Obama. This month, she was a guest star on the Friends reunion. This week, she made the cover of British Vogue.

The headline: "I Know The Power A Young Girl Carries In Her Heart: The Extraordinary Life Of Malala."

But as much as Malala Yousafzai is beloved in the West, she is hated in her native Pakistan. As a 15-year-old, she was airlifted out of the country in 2012 for medical treatment after a Taliban insurgent shot her in the face for her advocacy of girls'

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