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

I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.

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.'

If people were silent, nothing would change.

My goal is to get peace and my goal is to see education of every child.

I want to just stay focused on my mission. That is to see every girl get the right to education. And I think this is such an important thing that girls get their right to go to school, and we are losing the potential that these young girls have in this region, like Iraq.

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