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  • (reporter) A day out in Birmingham for Malala--

  • Malala. Pakistani.

  • - Oh, I heard about this. - (reporter) This 16 year old's life

  • was transformed by the attack that nearly killed her.

  • She's amazing.

  • Malala was nearly 11 when she first spoke out

  • - for girls rights to go to school. - Wow.

  • - That's young. - (Malala) I will get my education...

  • if it is in home, school, or any place.

  • - (reporter) Her home... - Good for her.

  • (reporter) ..Pakistan came under the brutal rule of the Taliban.

  • (man speaking foreign language)

  • Oh [bleep].

  • - (man speaking foreign language) - It's so ridiculous.

  • (reporter) Malala's determination would come at a cost.

  • Last year, she and her friends were travelling home

  • on their school bus, when it was stopped.

  • Malala was shot in the head...

  • - Oh my god. - (reporter) ..deliberately targeted

  • by the extremists.

  • Today, Malala's become the face of the world's 57 million

  • out of school children. She told me she still sees herself

  • - as an ordinary teenager. - (Malala chuckles)

  • - Do you believe... - Opposite.

  • ..in a dialogue with the Taliban?

  • It's the job of the government to do it,

  • and killing people, and slaughtering people,

  • and flogging people, and blasting school is totally against Islam.

  • They are misusing the name of Islam.

  • - (Malala) Islam does ask us to be peaceful. - Thank you.

  • Islam tells us about brotherhood. This is not the true Islam

  • that the terrorists are showing us.

  • Wow.

  • She's so brave.

  • In here, with such honorable people...

  • Oh, she spoke at the United Nations?

  • On the 9th of October, 2012, the Taliban

  • shot me on the left side of my forehead.

  • - That's so sad. - They shot my friends too.

  • - I can't even imagine. - They thought...

  • ..that the bullet would silent us, but they failed.

  • We realize the importance of our voice.

  • - When we are silenced-- - Dude, so much respect.

  • We call upon the world leaders,

  • ideals that goes against the rights of women is unacceptable.

  • (applause)

  • This is powerful.

  • One child, one teacher...

  • one book...

  • and one pen can change the world.

  • - That's like a quote to write down. - Education is the only solution.

  • She's amazing. Nothing in my life has ever compared to that,

  • and we're probably not that far apart in age.

  • I'm feeling honored that I'm being chosen

  • - as a Nobel Laureate-- - She won the Nobel prize?

  • Nobel Peace Prize? That's amazing. It's amazing.

  • This precious award to the Nobel Peace Prize,

  • - and I'm proud that I'm the first-- - What have you done with your life?

  • (chuckles)

  • And the first young woman, or the first young person,

  • - whose getting this award. - Goddamn, she gives me goosebumps!

  • There was terrorism, women were not allowed to go

  • outside of their houses. Girl's education was totally banned,

  • and my life would be just getting married at the age of 13 or 14.

  • - Oh my gosh. - Not going to school,

  • - not becoming-- - I couldn't ever imagine doing that.

  • I decided that I would speak up.

  • I want to tell other children all around the world

  • that they should stand up for their rights.

  • They should not wait for someone else.

  • I think I do not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Dude, so humble. That's amazing.

  • But I believe that it is not only an award for what I've done,

  • but it is also an encouragement for giving me hope,

  • for giving me the courage to go and continue this campaign.

  • So, once again, thank you so much to all of you. Thank you.

  • I'm speechless. I can't even say anything about her.

  • She's incredible.

  • I'm actually a little bit speechless. I get up and complain

  • about having to go to school everyday, when she's having to fight

  • just to go to school.

  • The power the Taliban has in that area is pretty tough.

  • I've been there. My parents are from there.

  • It makes me feel really good that a person of that age,

  • that she can speak up for what she believes in.

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  • (Finebros) So what do you think of this girl, Malala?

  • I think Malala's amazing.

  • - She's my hero. - That takes courage. Honest courage.

  • To know that this one girl made such a big change,

  • it's just amazing.

  • I just wish I could do something more to help these girls.

  • We need so many more people like her to say the things she's saying,

  • because it hits people like me.

  • Her amount of courageousness carries over to make me feel

  • like I could be that courageous.

  • She's probably the greatest teenager of our generation.

  • It's just really inspiring and it just makes me glad

  • that there are people like that out there.

  • (Finebros) After she was shot, she continued speaking out.

  • We have a clip of what she said on The Daily Show,

  • after she recovered, asking if she was worried about being killed.

  • I used to think that Taliban would come and he would just kill me,

  • but then I said, "If he comes, what would you do, Malala?"

  • Then I would reply to myself, "Malala, just take a shoe and hit him."

  • - But then I said... - (audience laughs)

  • But then I said, "If you hit the Taliban with your shoe, then there

  • would be no difference between you and the Taliban."

  • I'd tell him how important education is, and that I even want education

  • for your children as well, and I would tell him,

  • "That's what I want to tell you. Now do what you want."

  • Oh my gosh.

  • - (audience cheers and applauds) - That's...(exhales).

  • She's my new hero.

  • Is she real?

  • That's so incredible that she has that much love

  • in her heart for people who tried to kill her.

  • (Finebros) But she's only 17 years old, and has won the Nobel Peace Prize

  • - at 17-- - Amazing.

  • (Finebros) What does that make you think about?

  • I need to get it together.

  • I love school.

  • It makes me feel like I need to go out and do more.

  • I need to seriously re-evaluate. (laughs)

  • I need to spend a little less time watching Tyler Oakley.

  • I'd like to look back and be like, "Oh, hey. You did this.

  • You did this. You made it to Teens React! Go, wow!"

  • And then you look at her and you're like,

  • "Dude, you're a piece of garbage. You've done nothing."

  • It makes me also strive to be like, "How can I be like that?"

  • She's not gonna be forgotten, you know? She's changing the course of history,

  • as we know it, right now.

  • (Finebros) So many religions have this right wing side

  • that can be exclusive and even sometimes violent.

  • What are your thoughts on beliefs leading to those kinds of things?

  • I think it's really stupid. As far as I was aware,

  • God is there for people to love and to show compassion.

  • Everyone believes that their religion is THE right religion,

  • which is why I just try to separate myself from religion as a whole.

  • You don't know for a fact whether any religion is true or not.

  • Those people that are killing and stuff for their religion

  • are basically killing on "What if?"

  • I think every religion, universally, teaches peace and love.

  • Using a religion to promote your violent agenda

  • that doesn't mean anything or relates to anything

  • from the actual religion, it's just complete bull[bleep].

  • (Finebros) What do you think about Islam as a religion?

  • I'm not that updated on exactly what the religion does.

  • I haven't studied Islam, so I don't wanna get into it.

  • I don't want to say anything I don't know.

  • I only hear bad things about it.

  • As far as what we see on TV and what this girl is showing us,

  • I think it's crazy.

  • There could be a positive side of the religion that we just don't hear

  • as much about.

  • If you want to know about Islam, go read a book. Go to a mosque.

  • Ask for a Quran. Read it yourself.

  • Ask questions. Don't make assumptions based on Fox News

  • 'cause Fox News isn't a reliable source.

  • Because this is all we ever hear about it, it gives it a bad rep.

  • Obviously, not everyone who believes in Islam is like this.

  • The Taliban, they're using the name of Islam in a very weird way.

  • I've been a Muslim my whole life, and I've been educated.

  • My mom's educated, my aunts are educated,

  • they're doctors and lawyers and whatnot.

  • They're promoting their agenda through religion.

  • (Finebros) Being a Muslim, can you talk to what you've experienced

  • - in your life because of your background? - Stories and...oh, my brother. My god.

  • I'm not gonna say I'm a victim 'cause I don't have that mindset,

  • but I've been affected, obviously.

  • I deal with it, even in high school. I used to get called a terrorist

  • and stuff like that 'cause the way I looked.

  • My mom was actually filling up-- her car ran out of gas,

  • so she went with her friend. She got, you know, the red canister.

  • And then this lady's just taking pictures of her,

  • and so she's like, "Hey, why are you talking pictures of me?"

  • She's like, "Oh, you're a terrorist and you're gonna set

  • this whole place on fire."

  • She came home and she was pretty upset.

  • I'm like 10 or 11 years old, and we were at the airport

  • and we got screened for four hours... a mom, a small four year old daughter,

  • and an 11 year old chubby, overweight kid who's playing his video games.

  • Oh yeah, we're definitely a threat.

  • (Finebros) So, this is a very controversial issue

  • that's talked about a lot recently because of the rise of ISIS,

  • even though there's been unrest for generations that region.

  • As a teenager living in the United States, how do you process when you hear

  • about things like ISIS? What does that make you think?

  • It's really heartbreaking to me.

  • It's scary.

  • It's scary [bleep], you know? The world is cruel.

  • One of my teachers, I think, told me about it.

  • It's like, oh, that's sad, but it's not like for the rest of the week

  • I'm thinking that about everyday.

  • It's sad to think me and my peers don't care about it.

  • I guess we do care, but we aren't constantly

  • put in a position where we have to fight for something.

  • I don't think that young adults in the United States

  • are exposed enough to what's going on around in the world.

  • ISIS representing is us like is me telling you,

  • "Hey, you know the KKK? It represents every white American

  • in the United States."

  • That does not represent me, my family, my friends,

  • or the religion I follow.

  • (Finebros) Do you think that there is anything the world

  • can do to help make these situations better in any way?

  • I mean, there's a million things we could be doing,

  • but there's always going to be someone who's against it,

  • and that's what's the issue. That's why we're always at a stalemate.

  • I think the problem's just like a lot of people today

  • are more worried about themselves. And that's scary.

  • It absolutely starts with talking about it,

  • especially to young people like us.

  • - Voice your opinion. - Social media's the biggest outlet

  • that we have. We need to start putting that to work.

  • Now that I'm exposed to Malala, and her videos,

  • I can take that and share it, and the word can be spread.

  • Those thoughts and ideas are being spread all over the world,

  • which is gonna influence a lot of people and how they grow up,

  • which will hopefully lead to better things.

  • (Finebros) If you had the opportunity to ask Malala one question,

  • - what would you want to ask her? - Oh my gosh.

  • Can I have a four hour session with her? Q and A?

  • What gave you the courage to do what you did,

  • as opposed to the other people in your village?

  • How do you do it? I don't know how you go to bed

  • at night thinking, "Oh, tomorrow's going to be a jolly good day."

  • If I was her, I'd have to call my family every night, being like,

  • "Hey, I don't know if I'm going to make it tomorrow."

  • And that's rough.

  • (Finebros) And finally, hearing more of this story about Malala,

  • what is a good takeaway to apply to your everyday life?

  • - Positivity. - And to be more grateful,

  • a lot more grateful. I will wake up glad to go to school tomorrow.

  • Whenever people get you down, just don't stop.

  • Don't stop fighting for what you believe in.

  • If you want to get a degree in something, go do it, you know?

  • Don't let anything stop you, 'cause you have that opportunity here,

  • where millions of girls around the world don't.

  • Don't limit yourself because you have unlimited potential.

  • No matter where you come from, no matter how little resources

  • you have, if you want it bad enough, you can get it.

  • I encourage you to study up. That's all you can do.

  • The best thing's education. Through education, you'll expand your mind.

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