“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world. Let us stand up for our rights, and let us fight. Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.”
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By Janelle Li-A-Ping | October 2nd, 2013
The Pakistani teen and girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai,who made international headlines last year after she survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, graciously accepted Harvard University’s 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award last Friday.
Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust said she was pleased to welcome Malala because of their shared passion for education. Malala was shot in the head last October on a school bus after the Taliban sought to put an end to her influence as spokesperson for women’s right to education.
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world,” Yousafzai said before a crowd of 900 people at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre. “Let us stand up for our rights, and let us fight. Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.”
Malala’s memoir ”I Am Malala” is scheduled to hit bookshelves this fall.
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