Hi everyone and thank you for tuning in to a very special 480th episode of the Hollywood

Reporter's Awards Chatter Podcast.

I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today is one of the most remarkable young women

in the world.

At the age of 12, she began speaking out against the Taliban's crackdown on girls' ability

to get an education in her native Pakistan.

She soon began commanding considerable attention.

On October 9, 2012, when she was just 15, she was coming home from school when a member

of the Taliban boarded the bus she was on, asked for her by name, and then shot her in

the face at point blank range.

She and her family were then rushed to England, where she made a miraculous recovery.

And over the decade plus since, she has courageously continued her fight and made a real difference.

Indeed, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world

in 2013, 2014, and 2015.

And on October 10, 2014, nearly two years to the day after she was shot, she was chosen

to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, making her at 17 the youngest ever recipient of a

Nobel in any field, and also that prize is first ever Pakistani and Pashtun winner.

I'm talking, of course, about Malala, Yusuf Zai.

Malala and I sat down last week in Santa Monica, where she was staying while lending her support

as an executive producer to a 29-minute documentary called Stranger at the Gate, which has been

nominated for the best documentary short Oscar.

The film tells the remarkable story of a PTSD afflicted Islamophobic veteran of the U.S.

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