For those who dont know Malala Yousafzai, she is the 16-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head in October 2012 while she was going home from school by the Taliban for campaigning for girl's education. She was flown to a hospital in Britain, where she now lives. Her memoir "I am Malala" was published on Tuesday.
US President Barack Obama and the first family welcomed Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai to the White House on Friday "to thank her for her inspiring and passionate work on behalf of girls education in Pakistan," a statement from the White House read.
The Pakistani teen had been considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize and was in Washington to speak at two events.
US President Barack Obama and the first family welcomed Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai to the White House on Friday "to thank her for her inspiring and passionate work on behalf of girls education in Pakistan," a statement from the White House read.
The Pakistani teen had been considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize and was in Washington to speak at two events.
The teen said in a statement after the meeting that she was honored to meet with the president, who is a Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
"I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees. I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact," she said.
She called for greater cooperation between the governments of the United States and Pakistan.
The president signed a proclamation to mark Friday as the International Day of the Girl. The proclamation says in part that "on every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream."
"I thanked President Obama for the United States' work in supporting education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees. I also expressed my concerns that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, and they lead to resentment among the Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big impact," she said.
She called for greater cooperation between the governments of the United States and Pakistan.
The president signed a proclamation to mark Friday as the International Day of the Girl. The proclamation says in part that "on every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream."
it can only be God who has kept her alive till this moment
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