i’ve always been v cynical about how western media have used a little kid to make a certain political point, to the exclusion of other little kids who could make a v different kind of political point, and i find her father to be ambitious and reckless, but i support her opposition to drone warfare, and this is truly brilliant.
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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education campaigner shot by the Taliban, has donated $50,000 (nearly £31,000) towards the reconstruction of schools in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize winner, speaking after receiving the World Children’s Prize for the rights of the child in Marienfred, Sweden, on Wednesday, said the money would be channelled through the United Nations relief agency UNRWA to help rebuild 65 schools in the Palestinian territory. More here.