My father was convinced the Taliban would hunt him down and kill him, but he again refused security from the police. 'If you go around with a lot of security the Taliban will use Kalashnikovs or suicide bombers and more people will be killed,' he said. 'At least I'll be killed alone.'

We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.

Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.

Every girl deserves to take part in creating the technology that will change our world and change who runs it.

Education is the power terrorists fear most.

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

I want every girl, every child, to be educated.