“If you hit a Talib with your shoe, then there would be no difference between you and the Talib. You must not treat others with cruelty and that much harshly, you must fight others but through peace and through dialogue and through education.”

Pakistani education advocate and Nobel laureate. She gained global attention for her activism on girls' education after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. Her work has centered on advocating for girls' rights to schooling and speaking out against extremism.