He Named Me Malala
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GUGGENHEIM:
So,we all settled? We all good?
Pull it up one more time.
MALALA:
Yeah, sure.GUGGENHEIM:
Okay, so...Tell me that story.
Okay.
Before l was born...
when l was in the tummy
of my mother...
my father would always
say a tappa, a Pashtun story.
lf you look
at the world map...
on the east side, you can find
a country called Afghanistan.
Long ago, it had a fight
with another country
called England.
The Afghan people,
they were losing hope.
And a teenager
saw the fighters running away.
She goes up to the mountain.
She raised her voice.
(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)
Which simply means...
it is better to live
like a lion for one day...
than to live like a slave
for a hundred years.
She encouraged the people
of Afghanistan.
(HORSE WHINNYING)
(EXPLOSION)
She led the army
to a great victory.
But she was shot...
and she died
on that battlefield.
Her name was Malalai.
When l was in coma,
l had these terrible dreams.
And l was thinking
that l was dead.
NEWSCASTER 1:
Lying near death...
NEWSCASTER 2:
A 15-year-old was shot
for standing up
to the Taliban.
NEWSCASTER 3:
Tonight, Malalaremains in intensive care.
NEWSCASTER 4:
She was shotin the head by the Taliban...
for daring to suggest
girls should go to school.
NEWSCASTER 5:
Now millionsaround the world
are watching to see...
if she will die for her cause.
MALALA:
When l openedmy eyes...
l did not know where l was.
l realized
that this is not my country.
And l thought, ''No one knows
what's my name. ''
l saw nurses and doctors.
DR. REYNOLDS:
When she first woke up,
her first question was...
''Where's my father?''
ZIAUDDIN:
We were thinking,''What Malala
will be thinking?''
''l was a child.
''What has happened to me
is because of you. ''
MALALA:
lt is an honor for meto be speaking again...
ZIAUDDIN:
Come, Malala, come!What is the problem?
MALALA:
I Iost my shoes.(CONVERSING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)
It's okay.
(BOTH CONTINUE CONVERSING
IN OTHER LANGUAGE)
Don't make tea Iike this, Dad.
How?
I don't Iike it Iike this.
It's okay, try it.
(PLAYING)
ZIAUDDIN:
AtaI Khan Yousafzai,I'm waiting for you
to take breakfast.
(WOMEN SPEAKING
OTHER LANGUAGE)
MALALA:
This ismy youngest brother.
He's a reaIIy good boy.
He has a Iot of energy.
He wouId demand us that,
''Oh, I want to pIay goIf,
and I want to''...
-This is the Iaziest one.
-(SIGHS )
You see?
Look at the first impression!
ZIAUDDIN:
One, two, three. Start.
MALALA:
His name isKhushaI Khan Yousafzai, and...
and he's a okay boy.
Wait, wait, wait!
You don't get to
use two hands.
KHUSHAL:
This is MaIaIa Yousafzai.
She's the naughtiest girI
on the earth.
One, two, three, go.
It's not fair.
Come on, then.
(LAUGHING)
-No!
-(ZIAUDDIN SPEAKING)
KhushaI!
You are somebody's son!
(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)
KHUSHAL:
PeopIe thinkthat she is reaIIy kind
and she speaks
for peopIe's rights...
but that's not true.
In home, she is so vioIent.
MALALA:
I'm not vioIent!I wouId request my brother...
not to say any bad thing
about me.
I pIay with them,
I fight with them.
I get a IittIe bit naughty,
but that's fine.
That's my right.
She's a IittIe bit naughty.
That much.
GUGGENHEIM:
What does she do?She just sIaps me every time
when I meet her.
When I come from schooI.
When my brother's fighting
with me,
you come and rescue me.
When I go to your room,
you sIap me there as weII!
(MALALA LAUGHS )
ATAL:
That'skind of confusing.
Save me from one
and hit me in the other one.
He's saying I beat KhushaI
and then I protect AtaI...
but when I take him
to my room,
then I myseIf give him a sIap.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
(MIMICS SLAPPING)
-She sIap on my...
-ZIAUDDIN:
It's out of Iove.MALALA:
It's just for Iove.It is not a Iove!
It is a sign of Iove.
It's a sign of...
-how much I Iove you and...
-ZIAUDDIN:
Compassion....how sweet and cute
you are for me.
That's why I give you a sIap
on your face.
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
When you Iaugh,
do you get any pain down here?
-MALALA:
No.-Okay.
This pIace is tight. This one.
These ones.
-Say ''speciaI''.
-SpeciaI.
-Now say ''feeI.''
-FeeI.
-''Freddy.''
-Freddy.
No pain when
you stretch it Iike that?
Mmm-hmm.
There it feeIs
a IittIe bit tight.
The nerve doesn't seem to
stimuIate this muscIe?
That's unIikeIy to come back.
The damage was too severe.
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)
(MALALA SPEAKING)
I don't know where the voice is coming from.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR:
It's okay. Look there.
MALALA:
When l was in Pakistan,
it was a different world
for me.
Here, l have just spent
one year only.
l don't really understand
this new society
and these new rules.
-(DOG BARKS )
-MALALA:
Oh, dear! It's a dog!(LAUGHS )
WOMAN:
Sorry, MaIaIa.-MAN:
You aII right?-It's fine.
l want people to learn
from the experience l had...
and the story of my life.
They want you aIone,
so Iook there, and then there.
So, the name of the show
is The Daily Show?
-Very nice to see you.
-Nice to see you.
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
Okay, straight.
AMANPOUR:
The Queen of Englandhas invited you to the Palace.
(BOTH SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)
MARGARET WARNER:
Withall these public appearances,
do you have any semblance
of a normal life?
Take a deep breath.
Just reIax your hands.
-(SIGHS )
-(PHOTOGRAPHER LAUGHS )
Look to this side.
No, you're good. Thank you.
You're very good.
-Which camera now?
-WeII...
-(ALL LAUGH)
-I'm done.
MALALA:
We couldn't go to market,
we were not allowed
to go to school.
And that's why l spoke,
because l believe
in equality...
and l believe
that there is no difference
between a man and a woman.
l even believe that a woman
is more powerful than men.
-What? Wait.
-(AUDIENCE CHEERING)
ZIAUDDIN:
You shouId teach mehow to use the Twitter. Hmm?
It's your next tweet.
ZIAUDDIN:
No, you didn't find it.
Yeah, I have it.
Do you want
to write something with it?
Mmm...
No, it's okay.
It's seIf-expIanatory.
Just send a Iink to aII,
to everybody.
Let me see your Facebook.
Why don't I know
how to tweet yet?
This is very bad.
-(TABLET TWEETS )
-MALALA:
Tweeted.-It's tweeted?
-Mmm-hmm.
Papa, Iook down.
(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)
ZIAUDDIN:
When she was very small,
many friends used to come
to our home.
We used to talk
about politics,
we used to talk
about the basic rights...
and she used to sit with us.
MALALA:
When l was young,l used to listen to him.
Like, what is he saying,
how he talks.
ZIAUDDIN:
We became dependenton each other.
Like one soul
in two different bodies.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS )
Who wouId you have been if
you were just an ordinary girI
from the Swat VaIIey?
If I was an ordinary girI
in Swat VaIIey...
But if I had
an ordinary father
and an ordinary mother...
and a conservative famiIy...
then I wouId have
two chiIdren now.
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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