Instead of sending guns, send books. Instead of sending weapons, send teachers.

I don't cover my face because I want to show my identity.

The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.

When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality education - our joy knows no bounds.

I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up.

My mother always told me,”hide your face- people are looking at you”. I would reply,”It does not matter; I am also looking at them.

There is no greater weapon than knowledge and no greater source of knowledge than the written word.