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Malala Yousafzai

In her campaign for girls’ education, Malala Yousafzai has become a global symbol of peaceful protest, and was the youngest nominee for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Last year she survived being shot in the head by the Taliban in her home country, Pakistan. She was flown to hospital in Birmingham for successful treatment. But she is also a teenager, a 16 year old girl who likes music and is teased by her brothers. Malala joins Jane to talk about the girl behind the headlines.

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9 minutes