I had 2 choices, be silent and get killed, or speak up and be killed, I chose the second option.

We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced

In countries other than Pakistan - I won't necessarily call them 'Western' - people support me. This is because people there respect others. They don't do this because I am a Pashtun or a Punjabi, a Pakistani, or an Iranian, they do it because of one's words and character. This is why I am being respected and supported there.

I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taliban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.

I don't want revenge on the Taliban, I want education for sons and daughters of the Taliban.

Extremists have shown what frightens them most. A girl with a book.

They only can shoot a body but they cannot shoot my dreams.