On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Yousafzai boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat.
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Dressed in a dapper suit, actor Jackky Bhagnani walked the red carpet at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York for the star studded premiere of the Malala Yousafzai documentary, ‘He named me Malala.’ Jackky who met Malala and her family in Birmingham, U.K, earlier this month was a special guest of the Yousafzais at the NYC premiere.
ANDREW KELLY/REUTERS Soccer star Hope Solo attends the premiere of “He Named Me Malala“.
A gunman asked for her by name, then pointed a pistol at her and fired three shots. Malala and the causes she espouses are very close to my heart.
The 17 Global Goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by the General Assembly just minutes after the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate addressed the Hall.
A single line in the trailer of the film – “one child, one teacher, one book and one pen – they can change the world” – sums up her mission aptly.
The documentary chronicles the Pakistani teen’s journey as an education activist, and how the Taliban tried to kill her at age 15 for championing girls’ rights. “Each lantern we hold represents the hope we have for our future because of the commitments you have made to the global goals”, she added as each young person held up a blue light.
Malala will speak at the United Nations after an address by Pope Francis on Friday. She said she hoped to be able to meet him because she believed his words could “bring people together to work for the betterment of humanity”. The upcoming movie not only chronicles her life turning events like being awarded the Peace Prize and speaking at the United Nations, but also gives an insight into her ordinary days spent at school and at home with her brothers.
The son of Republican hopeful Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, announced on her Facebook page on Thursday she was expecting a third child.
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Malala Yousafzai is a Nobel Peace Prize victor – but she’s also a regular teenager.
