Malala: “Would I have chosen a different life?“
The News Agents
Global
4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
13 years ago, a teenage education activist in Pakistan was attacked by the Taliban — catapulting her onto the global stage. Malala Yousafzai went on to become a global icon and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.
This week, she joined Jon and Emily to discuss her powerful new book, reflecting on the journey from her early activism in Pakistan to becoming one of the world’s most influential advocates for girls’ education. She shares what has changed — and what hasn’t — for young women seeking their right to learn, the personal stories behind her latest writing, and why she believes global politics is failing the next generation.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.7 | I have rights. I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. |
| 0:16.8 | I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market, I have the right to speak up. |
| 0:21.3 | That is a 14-year-old girl talking from her village in Pakistan in the Swat Valley |
| 0:27.2 | about the importance of child's education and particular girls' education. |
| 0:35.1 | Less than a year later, she was on the school bus going home when a Taliban gunman |
| 0:41.3 | boarded, asked where's Malala and shot her in the head. After that, she became an international |
| 0:51.8 | phenomenon. She was brought to Britain in intensive care for operations to |
| 0:57.3 | remove the bullet and to stabilise her condition. And two years after that, she became the youngest |
| 1:04.1 | ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Please welcome the winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Please welcome the winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yusufzai. |
| 1:20.6 | I'm really honored that I'm here today. |
| 1:24.6 | We're so energetic, passionate and peace-loving people. |
| 1:30.3 | I'm really happy that the reason for which I'm here is going to be heard. |
| 1:37.3 | That is... |
| 1:39.3 | That is... |
| 1:43.3 | And that is education. |
| 1:49.0 | This word seems a bit complex, but it simply means the right to learning. And when I come to these stages, speak at the UN or give a Nobel Peace Prize speech, |
| 2:08.6 | I simply ask that the right to learning should be given to every child. |
| 2:20.3 | I ask for nothing else. |
| 2:23.3 | Since when Malala Yusufsai has been to university to Oxford |
| 2:29.3 | and has carried on championing the cause of girls in education. |
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