Ellen DeGeneres Sits Down With Malala, the Youngest Nobel Prize Recipient
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The story of Malala's rise started with a very big fall.
Not a fall of her own fault but the fault of those who were trying to silence her because she spoke out on behalf of women who were being oppressed by men.
Today she sits down with Ellen Degeneres to discuss winning the Nobel Prize, her book, documentary and more.
Malala was shot in the face when she was 15-years-old but has managed to forgive those who tried to silence her and is already on the path to making a world of difference.
When Degeneres asked her how she could forgive the man who shot her Malala replied:
"I think they made a big mistake, because I was fighting for the right of education right from the beginning when the Taliban stopped girls from going to school.
But I had this little bit of fear of what would happen if someone attacks me."
"After that incident when I was attacked, that fear just went away and as I said in my speech at the United Nations, that my weakness, my fear and my hopelessness died on that day and I became stronger than before and now strongly believe that nothing can stop me in this mission in this campaign, of education to say that girls deserve the right to go to school."
Malala said that the love of people has also encouraged her to continue towards the path of fighting for what she believes in. She says when she sees people praying for her and taking care of her it makes her stronger everyday.
She wants to continue her life with more courage and more work.
Further on in the interview with Degeneres, Malala details waking up in the hospital, the first time she found out that she had won the Nobel Peace Prize, the state of education, why children should respect education, being afraid of getting married at a young age and building your own identity.
Right now there is a push for pledges so that the documentary "He Named Me Malala" can make it to theaters in October. Degeneres also provided all of the students in Malala's new school in Lebanon with iPads.