The Taliban wanted to destroy this young woman, they wanted to make an example of her. They failed in every way, and this particular failure will be remembered as the spark. Now the flames will spread and many more young women like Yousafi will take a stand for their liberation. If the enemy is so stupid so as to attempt at doing something like this again, than perhaps they want to change the minds of the many world leaders who were ready to cease fighting them.
In these times when so many are confused about who is right and who is wrong, who’s a true hero and who’s a true villain, at least the Taliban is easy to recognize, and Yousafzai is easy to define. If you shoot a little girl in the head you're the bad guy. If you take a peaceful stand for freedom without having to add to the violence you’re the hero. If the Taliban does this kind of thing again then they can take credit for helping to unite much of the rest of world to a cause worth fighting for.
~N. Moore~
~N. Moore~
"Today you can see that I'm alive," Yousafzai said in a short video released on Monday. "I can speak. I can see you. I can see everyone."
Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban for her advocacy for girls' education rights, was released from a British hospital last month.
"I'm getting better day by day," she said. "It's just because the prayers of people, because all the people—men, women, children, all of them, all of them—have prayed for me. And because of these prayers God has given me this new life. And this is a second life. This is a new life.
"I want to serve," Yousafzai, wearing a traditional headscarf that hid any scars from the bullet, added. "I want to serve the people. And I want every girl, every child, to be educated."
She then announced the launch of the Malala Fund to support education for all girls.
The Taliban said they targeted her because she promoted "Western thinking," according to the Associated Press, but the attempt to murder a teenage girl over her desire to go to school sent a wave of revulsion around the world.
Yousufzai was nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.
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