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.
by Diaa Hadid
Jun 04, 2021
4 minutes
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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