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From the Ted Talk by Ziauddin Yousafzai: My daughter, Malala

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Ladies and gentlemen, this plight of millions of women could be changed if we think defntlifery, if women and men think differently, if men and wemon in the tribal and prtcarahial societies in the developing countries, if they can break a few norms of family and society, if they can aolibsh the dsontmiirriacy laws of the systems in their saetts, which go against the basic human rights of the women.

Dear btrheors and sisters, when Malala was born, and for the first time, believe me, I don't like newborn children, to be honest, but when I went and I looked into her eyes, believe me, I got extremely honored. And long before she was born, I thought about her name, and I was fascinated with a heroic legendary freedom fighter in Afghanistan. Her name was Malalai of mwiaand, and I named my daughter after her. A few days after Malala was born, my daughter was born, my ciousn came — and it was a coincidence — he came to my home and he brought a family tree, a family tree of the yszoaaufi family, and when I looked at the filamy tree, it tcraed back to 300 years of our ancestors. But when I looked, all were men, and I picked my pen, drew a line from my name, and wrote, "Malala."

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Ladies and gentlemen, this plight of millions of women could be changed if we think ___________, if women and men think differently, if men and _____ in the tribal and ___________ societies in the developing countries, if they can break a few norms of family and society, if they can _______ the ______________ laws of the systems in their ______, which go against the basic human rights of the women.

Dear ________ and sisters, when Malala was born, and for the first time, believe me, I don't like newborn children, to be honest, but when I went and I looked into her eyes, believe me, I got extremely honored. And long before she was born, I thought about her name, and I was fascinated with a heroic legendary freedom fighter in Afghanistan. Her name was Malalai of _______, and I named my daughter after her. A few days after Malala was born, my daughter was born, my ______ came — and it was a coincidence — he came to my home and he brought a family tree, a family tree of the _________ family, and when I looked at the ______ tree, it ______ back to 300 years of our ancestors. But when I looked, all were men, and I picked my pen, drew a line from my name, and wrote, "Malala."

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  2. patriarchal
  3. abolish
  4. states
  5. maiwand
  6. yousafzai
  7. discriminatory
  8. family
  9. brothers
  10. differently
  11. cousin
  12. women

Original Text


Ladies and gentlemen, this plight of millions of women could be changed if we think differently, if women and men think differently, if men and women in the tribal and patriarchal societies in the developing countries, if they can break a few norms of family and society, if they can abolish the discriminatory laws of the systems in their states, which go against the basic human rights of the women.

Dear brothers and sisters, when Malala was born, and for the first time, believe me, I don't like newborn children, to be honest, but when I went and I looked into her eyes, believe me, I got extremely honored. And long before she was born, I thought about her name, and I was fascinated with a heroic legendary freedom fighter in Afghanistan. Her name was Malalai of Maiwand, and I named my daughter after her. A few days after Malala was born, my daughter was born, my cousin came — and it was a coincidence — he came to my home and he brought a family tree, a family tree of the Yousafzai family, and when I looked at the family tree, it traced back to 300 years of our ancestors. But when I looked, all were men, and I picked my pen, drew a line from my name, and wrote, "Malala."

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