That Moment When Youngest Nobel Laureate, Malala Yousafzai Left Us Speechless!
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Malala Yousafzai, the 16-year-old Pakistani advocate for womens rights and access to education, has now become the youngest ever winner of a Advertisement
Hailed around the world as a champion of women's rights standing against the Taliban, Malala left our host Jon Stewart's speechless with her answers when she appeared on our Daily Show last year.
An outspoken critic of the Taliban's tactics in her native Swat Valley from a young age, Malala was the subject of an attempted assassination at the hands of a Taliban gunman because she was unafraid to speak out.
Then, at just 14 years old, a Talib fighter boarded her bus, pointed a pistol at her head, and pulled the trigger. But she survived, made a full recovery in England, and has become and transformative figure in human rights.
Now, she is the youngest Nobel Peace laureate ever. In the key moment of the interview, Stewart asked her how she reacted when she learned that the Taliban wanted her dead. Her answer was absolutely remarkable (emphasis added):
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