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| Malala Yousafzai: Portrait of the Girl Blogger |
Malala Yousafzai is a 15 year old Pakistani girl recovering from an attack by the Taliban. In 2009, she began writing a blog for the BBC Urdu under the pen name Gul Makai. Her blog discussed how the Taliban's rule to ban girls from attending school was affecting her and her schoolmates, believing it is every girl's right to receive an education. Tragically, Malala was shot by the Taliban for her defiance against them. Although she lived through the event, she is still in critical condition. The New York Times reported that a Taliban spokesman said her crusade for education rights is an "obscenity" and if she survives, "the militants will certainly try to kill her again."
