Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner Asks Why Giving Guns Is Easier Than Giving Books “ The Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by Taliban militants two years ago, stood before dignitaries, celebrities, and fellow activists from around the world...

Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner Asks Why Giving Guns Is Easier Than Giving Books

The Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head by Taliban militants two years ago, stood before dignitaries, celebrities, and fellow activists from around the world to accept a Nobel Peace Prize.

“This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education,” she said in her speech.

Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist with whom Yousafzai shared the prize looked on approvingly as the his fellow newly-minted Nobel Laureate gave a speech that was poignant as well as powerful — and the 17-year-old managed to be playful too.

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