It is a diploma in the form of revenge, proof that bullets do not stop ideas, since the graduate is Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014 for her commitment to educating girls.
Friday, November 26, at the University of Oxford in England, during the graduation ceremony, Malala received, at the age of 24, his bachelor’s degree, the equivalent of a license, in law, economics and philosophy. “Some Latin words have been spoken, she wrote on Instagram, and as you can see I have a diploma “. A publication accompanied by several photos of her, posing proudly in the uniform of the young graduates, with the famous square headgear that the students throw in the air at the end of the ceremony. It was the dream of her life, what she always fought for: the right to learn.
In 2009, in Mingora, northern Pakistan, Malala was eleven years old when she opened the blog that made her famous. She denounced the abuses of the Taliban in her region, their patrols to prevent girls from going to school, going so far as to burn down establishments. At the time, his testimony made noise, his words carried too much according to the fundamentalists who, in 2012, tried to assassinate him. As she is about to board a school bus, one of them shoots her in the head.
Very seriously injured, and totally unconscious, she is transferred from hospitals to hospitals, and finally wakes up in England, at the Birmingham military hospital, where long months of surgical reconstruction and especially her new life await her. In 2013, Malala became an icon, spoke at the UN, received prize after prize, wrote a book, launched her foundation for the education of girls around the world.
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And in 2017, she decided to finally do something for herself, enroll in Oxford, study. And she loved it: “Cwas a great experience, she said to the American magazine People, having time to learn, and being with people my age was new to me, as was going to bed late, playing poker, or going to McDonalds with friends.“So many experiences that Malala, overprotected and projected into a world of adults since childhood, had never experienced.
Her next challenge: to go from student to teacher, since she will now train activists, and help young people who want to defend their right to education to organize themselves.