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Hi, everyone. It's Sophia. Welcome to Work in Progress.

Welcome back to Work in Progress. Weptmarties. Today, we are joined by someone I have been

hoping to interview for so many years. An activist that I look up to, a leader who has

shifted the conversation around women and girls around the world.

A woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17,

who also happens to be a hell of a lot of fun, very funny,

and on her own journey of reclamation of her full self.

Today we're sitting down with Malala Yusuf Zai. She made the world listen at just 15 when under Taliban rule she was blogging for the BBC about her life under occupation,

fighting for a right to education, and she was targeted and shot. She survived an assassination attempt and refused to be silenced.

And since her voice has shaken governments inspired millions

and truly changed the conversation about girls' education worldwide.

Now Malala's 28, living in the UK with her husband, and she's built a life

that blends global advocacy and personal growth. And I want to talk to her about what her life is

like away from the cameras and the crowds, how she's begun to remind herself that she's allowed to just be a girl sometimes.

She doesn't have to be a saint. She doesn't always have to be a leader.

But she always will be someone that we all look up to.

Her new book, Finding My Way, is an absolutely gorgeous examination of this journey.

She reveals never beforebefore-shared private struggles that have existed behind her public courage, how she's grappled with survivors' guilt, how she's navigated the pressures of global fame,

and how she's still trying to make a difference in a world that seems more resistant to change

perhaps than ever in our lifetimes.

And while she may be one of the most incredible figureheads we have for women in the world,

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