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Afghanistan

Malala Yousafzai Pleads at UN for Universal Free Schooling for Girls and Boys

Juan Cole 07/13/2013

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“In her first speech since the Taliban in Pakistan tried to kill her for advocating education for girls, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 16th birthday on Friday at the United Nations, appealing for compulsory free schooling for all children” [including for girls!]

Channel 4 News has video

Filed Under: Afghanistan, Human Rights, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, women

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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