He Named Me Malala Page #5

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and speaking like just

bringing out fires.

l asked my father,

''Can you write a speech

for me?''

''Oh, look. You utter

one sentence in a minute.

''You stutter, stutter,

stammer, stammer.

''How will you speak

to public?''

My name was announced,

l went to the podium...

l was speaking to the people

but l did not see them.

And when l ended my speech,

one of my teachers

came to me and told...

''Oh, Ziauddin,

you spread the fire. ''

l got encouraged.

l didn't keep silent. l spoke.

Because this is me.

(SNIFFLES )

Because this is me.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

IsIam is our reIigion.

IsIam is our reIigion.

They tarnished the beautifuI face of IsIam.

Today, in a very peacefuI manner,

we record our protest.

PeopIe used to respect each other's beIiefs.

Whoever ruins IsIam's hoIy name,

for the sake of poIitics,

it is required we stand in their way,

and not Iet them go.

lf l keep silent, l think,

then you lose

the right to exist.

The right to live.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

If my rights are vioIated

and I keep siIent,

I shouId better die

than to Iive.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

MALALA:
l would worry

about my father.

Some of his friends

were attacked

and some of his friends

were killed.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS )

ZIAUDDIN:
The Taliban leader

announced my name

on his FM radio.

l used to change my routine.

l used to keep

a random kind of schedule.

MALALA:
lt was really hard

to sleep.

l could see

a lot of scary things.

Usually, the Taliban killed

people at nighttime.

l would go outside...

l would check every door.

''That gate is closed, so they

cannot come from that gate. ''

''That door is locked, so they

cannot come from that door. ''

''Oh, God, protect my father.

''Protect our family. ''

DIANE SAWYER:

The Nobel Peace Prize,

the average age

of the winner is 62.

But tonight, the youngest

nominee is a 16-year-old girl.

(WHIRRING)

(ALL SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

Bring the breakfast.

Dad, we are getting Iate for schooI.

INTERPRETER:
Malala

is the daughter of the nation.

She is doing great work

for the girls' education.

She's Iike a roIe modeI

to all our girIs.

AMANPOUR:

She's even a favorite now

to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

MALALA:
Nobel Peace Prize,

if l get it,

it would be an honor for me.

It wouId heIp me in my

campaign for girIs' education.

INTERPRETER 1:

Malala is a brave,

intelligent girl

from our valley.

She lit the candle of

knowledge in our country.

INTERPRETER 2:

Malala was a girl like us.

She's inspiring us.

One of the most important

factors for HitIer...

She's a goodwill ambassador

of Pakistan

and we're definiteIy

supporting her.

KATE SNOW:

ln her hometown today,

schoolchildren prayed

she would win the Nobel.

Good morning,

Iadies and gentIemen.

The Norwegian NobeI Committee

has decided...

that the NobeI Peace Prize

for 2013...

is to be awarded

to the Organization

for the Prohibition

of ChemicaI Weapons.

ZIAUDDIN:
They must have made

a decision on merit...

so we shouId honor it,

we shouId accept it,

and we shouId be happy

for that.

MALALA:
Awards doesn't matter.

PeopIe have supported me,

and that is the greatest award

I have deserved.

GUGGENHEIM:
If awards

don't matter, what matters?

Really, change matters.

Change matters.

(FAZLULLAH SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE)

Destroying a schooI is not a difficuIt job.

It's quite easy to torch.

And God's full support is there.

MALALA:
The Taliban

started the campaign

that girIs' education

is against IsIam...

and girIs shouId not

go to schooI.

(FAZLULLAH CONTINUES SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE)

As Iong as girIs are covered, they can

get reIigious education.

Any other type of education is compIeteIy

unnecessary for women.

ZIAUDDIN:
Education

was a threat to them.

Education gives you the power

to question things.

The power to challenge things.

To be independent.

(INDISTINCT TALKING ON TABLET)

Peace be upon you.

Peace be upon you, as well.

Peace be upon you.

Peace be upon you, as well.

MALALA:
We have given

scholarships to many girls

all around the world.

I am very happy that you go to schooI and study.

Put a Iot of effort in your studies, okay?

And when the teacher gives you homework,

make sure you do it on time, okay?

Yes.

MALALA:
Little girls.

They're only six and seven...

who'll be going to

other people's houses

to clean their houses.

And now these girls

are getting education.

(INDISTINCT TALKING ON TABLET)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

ZIAUDDIN:
lt's very difficult

to forget all those good days.

When l was

facing those girls...

it was lovely.

l dream that

one day l'll go back...

and l will meet

all my students, my people.

That would be

the greatest day,

the happiest day of my life.

(FAZLULLAH SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE ON SPEAKERS )

There will be no end to this, God willing.

ZIAUDDIN:
Three schools

bombed in Matta.

Two more schools in Charbagh.

One more school in Kabal.

MALALA:
When they

came to our town,

they bombed three schools

in one night.

lt brought fear.

lt scared children.

They thought that

if they go to school

they might be killed.

ZIAUDDIN:
Many

international journalists

used to go from

person to person.

Everybody said,

''No, l can't speak.

''l can't risk my life. ''

The BBC correspondent said...

''We need someone to

write a diary of Swat. ''

MALALA:
The first girl

told her whole story,

what happened on her day.

The next day,

her father came to school

and told my father...

''My daughter cannot do this.

''l do not want her

to be killed. ''

My father asked me,

''Would you like to?''

My mother would say,

''lt's written

in the holy Qur'an...

''that truth has to come

and falsehood has to die. ''

Every night

the BBC correspondent

would call me...

and l would tell him

what my feelings are

and what happened all the day.

They changed my name

and gave me a pseudonym,

Gul Makai.

GUGGENHEIM:

So you moved houses?

MALALA:
This is, you can

call it the fourth house.

-GUGGENHEIM:
Fourth?

-Yeah.

First, my mother, father,

they were in a hosteI.

Then they moved

to an apartment.

Then we went to another house.

We stayed there

maybe for six, seven months,

and now we are here.

GUGGENHEIM:
What's your

favorite book of all time?

No, don't ask

difficuIt questions.

I Iike this book,

A Brief History of Time,

but it's quite difficuIt

to understand.

You have to read it

three, four times.

And then the book

which is my favorite book,

is The Alchemist.

Over there, the yellow one.

(LAUGHS )

So, there's another book,

it's quite...

Show me the book. What is it?

Here's another book.

It's quite boring.

So this is l Am Malala.

Written by MaIaIa

with Christina Lamb.

And someone has given me

an autograph.

Someone has signed it.

And her name is aIso MaIaIa.

''Dear MaIaIa,

well done, keep it up.

''Best of Iuck, MaIaIa.''

FEMALE REPORTER:

Private schools in Pakistan

are banning a book

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