As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling o... - Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

"As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a scrap of paper with a nail to account for the oranges she had sold as she could not read or write. I took a photo of her and vowed I would do everything in my power to help educate girls just like her. This was the war I was going to fight."

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