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Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban in 2012 for committing a “monstrous crime”—standing up for girls’ right to go to school. When the Taliban banned girls from attending school in her village in Pakistan, Yousafzai started a blog for the BBC called “Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl.” There, she chronicled life under the Taliban, her relentless desire to get an education and her commitment to ensure that all girls can do the same. Malala’s work inspired people around the world and even led to her nomination for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011. But her rising fame as an activist nearly cost her her life.
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