The Real Malala: Jeans, Crushes, & Healing

What Now? with Trevor Noah

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News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Malala like you’ve never seen her -- In this deeply personal conversation, Malala Yousafzai opens up about rediscovering herself beyond the headlines by learning to laugh again, making friends at Oxford, falling in love, and learning to heal through therapy. A candid, moving portrait of the woman behind the icon.

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0:00.0	Alala defied a ban prohibiting girls from attending school, posting an anonymous blog about the restrictive life for women and children in Pakistan.
0:08.5	It made her a target. Taliban militants shot her in the head on her school bus.
0:14.0	She was flown to the UK for medical treatment and has lived there ever since.
0:18.0	She has since become the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner and a fierce advocate for the
0:22.2	rights of girls and women around the world.
0:24.8	I had a historic moment here when I spoke at the UN.
0:27.5	One child, one teacher, one book, and one fan can change the world.
0:34.4	Malala Yusuf Zai taking to Instagram to celebrate completing her degree in philosophy, politics,
0:41.8	and economics at Oxford.
0:44.0	Malala Yusef Sai is working on a new memoir.
0:47.1	It will be her most personal book yet.
0:58.0	This is What Now with Trevor Noah What Are You
1:00.0	What are you flying from? How are you?
1:10.0	London. I'm good. Like now? Yeah. But you get time back. I like that. I don't know if you do.
1:16.2	No, I like when I have extra hours.
1:18.3	Yeah, I feel like I'm time traveling.
1:20.2	I am not more, like I like just more hours to live. I like the days to be longer. I mean, that's one way to think of it. I always, I just feel like I've cheated in a, like a... No, it feels really good. Yeah, I feel like I've cheated the system. Yes, I'm like, it was such a productive day. How did I manage so many things? It's like, you had like seven extra hours. Yeah, it's exactly that feeling.
1:44.6	Okay.
1:44.9	So London, and then how long are you here for?
1:46.7	A week.
1:47.6	Okay.
1:48.3	Yeah.
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