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Malala Yousafzai reveals struggle with depression, mental health issues
[NYPOST] Even teenage Nobel Peace Prize winners get the blues.Malala Yousafzai  ...a Pashtun blogger and advocate for girls' education from Mingora, in Swat. She is esteemed as an ambassador of international good will, even though she can't go home lest some fellow in a turban shoots her in the head again..., the youngest Peace Prize winner in history (at 17), education activist, author of "I Am Malala" and founder of the Malala Fund, devoted to raising money for education programs, revealed to Teen Vogue that she has struggled with depression and other mental health issues. But her internal battles are understandable. After all, the 22-year-old Oxford University sophomore first hit the international spotlight after suffering a near-fatal gunshot to the head delivered by a Taliban ...Arabic for students... terrorist who was upset with her exposing political issues in her home country of Pakistain when she was 14. "There are so many things in the world; a lot of them are really depressing," Yousafzai told Teen Vogue, adding that she deals with downers by discussing them with friends and her parents. "What we need to do is remain positive because our sadness can’t change the world." And changing the world is what the social-media firebrand ... firebrandsare noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments... is all about. Most prominently, Yousafzai relentlessly campaigns for girls to be properly educated. Besides ranking as a pure and simple human right, she pointed out to Teen Vogue schooling for females makes financial sense as well. Related: Malala Yousafzai: 2018-08-06 Attack on schools Malala Yousafzai: 2018-06-21 Death of a terrorist leader Malala Yousafzai: 2018-06-18 Malala Yousafzai lives to witness the killing of her Taliban assassin Posted by: Fred 2019-12-17 |
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