People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all.
Ziauddin YousafzaiThe world turned into a big black hole while my daughter was on the verge of life and death.
Ziauddin YousafzaiEducation is not simply to learn to read and write. It's emancipation. It makes you free.
Ziauddin YousafzaiTake the example of my daughter. A lot of people were speaking out about education when the Taliban were bombing schools in Swat Valley, but Malala's voice was like a crescendo. It spread all around the world. She was the smallest but her voice was the biggest, because she was speaking for herself.
Ziauddin Yousafzai