I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one.

It is not time to tell the leaders to realize how important education is - they already know it - their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action.

There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women’s rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and fight for themselves.

I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated.

Some people only ask others to do something. I believe that, why should I wait for someone else? Why don't I take a step and move forward.

This is the philosophy of nonviolence that I have learned from Gandhi, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa.

We felt like the Taliban saw us as little dolls to control, telling us what to do and how to dress. I thought if God wanted us to be like that He wouldn't have made us all different.