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

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.'

I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups, west and east. Education is neither eastern nor western. Education is education and it's the right of every human being.

Peace in every home, every street, every village, every country - this is my dream. Education for every boy and every girl in the world. To sit down on a chair and read my books with all my friends at school is my right. To see each and every human being with a smile of happiness is my wish.

We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until it's snatched from our hands.

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

My dream is to see every girl educated, in every country.