« Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world. »
Nelson Mandela (South Africa famous leader)
WEAPONS VS SCHOOLS
Taliban continue to target schools
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21479169
Many Pakistani school children are defying the Taliban every day by attending classes in areas where schools are being bombed.
The BBC’s Orla Guerin has been one of the worst-affected areas, near militant strongholds in the north-west, where more than 750 schools have been damaged or destroyed in recent years.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani schoolgirl who fights for girls’ right to get an education but who was shot because she dared speak out :
» Malala came to prominence when, as an 11-year-old, she wrote a diary for BBC Urdu, giving an account of how her school in Mingora town dealt with the Taliban’s 2009 edict to close girls’ schools.
Her love for education, and her courage in standing up to the Taliban, made her an icon of bravery and earned her a national peace award in 2011. «
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20908439
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