In In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, at that time I realized that education ... Is the power for women, and that's why the terrorists are afraid of education.

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.

Education is the best weapon through which we can fight poverty, ignorance and terrorism.

They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed.

With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can kill terrorism.

And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.

I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls.