Riham Khalfi, 15, Marrakesh. Education… education is a necessity for people. Going to school and learning new things may be for us just another annoying thing we’re forced to do so that we can get over it. But there are those who dream of it, who want to go to school so badly but they have missed their chance. They want to discover this whole new world so that soon they will build their own world with their own ways. So let me tell you a story, a story that will surely change your way of looking to things: “Once upon a time, there was a little girl, neither a princess nor a fairy. A normal girl who lived in Pakistan. She had only one dream which is to finish her studies and choose her life alone, so that fate will no longer plays with her path. To bring this dream to reality she gave her all although all the elements of life were shouting to her face to stop trying, not to continue, but she do kept struggling and not giving up, although the Taliban, although their guns were aimed toward her, why? Because, she was special. She had something not all the girls had: Courage. Full of struggles, her life went on, until the day some masked men calling themselves Taliban shot her in the head. The little girl laid on the floor unconscious. When she opened her eyes, the place was all covered up with balloons, letters and boxes of chocolate. The little girl was moved but much more after knowing that she was in the land which she read about in books and heard of only in the news: Britain. Her story was heard by millions of people all around the world and everyone encourage her to keep up.” The girl’s name is Malala Youssefi, Malala who stood against Taliban, and fought not just for her rights but for all the other deprived girls who can not continue
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