He Named Me Malala

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GUGGENHEIM:
So,

we all settled? We all good?

Pull it up one more time.

MALALA:
Yeah, sure.

GUGGENHEIM:
Okay, so...

Tell me that story.

Okay.

Before l was born...

when l was in the tummy

of my mother...

my father would always

say a tappa, a Pashtun story.

lf you look

at the world map...

on the east side, you can find

a country called Afghanistan.

Long ago, it had a fight

with another country

called England.

The Afghan people,

they were losing hope.

And a teenager

saw the fighters running away.

She goes up to the mountain.

She raised her voice.

(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)

Which simply means...

it is better to live

like a lion for one day...

than to live like a slave

for a hundred years.

She encouraged the people

of Afghanistan.

(HORSE WHINNYING)

(EXPLOSION)

She led the army

to a great victory.

But she was shot...

and she died

on that battlefield.

Her name was Malalai.

When l was in coma,

l had these terrible dreams.

And l was thinking

that l was dead.

NEWSCASTER 1:

Lying near death...

NEWSCASTER 2:

A 15-year-old was shot

for standing up

to the Taliban.

NEWSCASTER 3:
Tonight, Malala

remains in intensive care.

NEWSCASTER 4:
She was shot

in the head by the Taliban...

for daring to suggest

girls should go to school.

NEWSCASTER 5:
Now millions

around the world

are watching to see...

if she will die for her cause.

MALALA:
When l opened

my eyes...

l did not know where l was.

l realized

that this is not my country.

And l thought, ''No one knows

what's my name. ''

l saw nurses and doctors.

DR. REYNOLDS:

When she first woke up,

her first question was...

''Where's my father?''

ZIAUDDIN:
We were thinking,

''What Malala

will be thinking?''

''l was a child.

You should have stopped me.

''What has happened to me

is because of you. ''

MALALA:
lt is an honor for me

to be speaking again...

ZIAUDDIN:
Come, Malala, come!

What is the problem?

MALALA:
I Iost my shoes.

(CONVERSING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

It's okay.

(BOTH CONTINUE CONVERSING

IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

Don't make tea Iike this, Dad.

How?

I don't Iike it Iike this.

It's okay, try it.

(PLAYING)

ZIAUDDIN:
AtaI Khan Yousafzai,

I'm waiting for you

to take breakfast.

(WOMEN SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE)

MALALA:
This is

my youngest brother.

He's a reaIIy good boy.

He has a Iot of energy.

He wouId demand us that,

''Oh, I want to pIay goIf,

and I want to''...

-This is the Iaziest one.

-(SIGHS )

You see?

Look at the first impression!

ZIAUDDIN:

One, two, three. Start.

MALALA:
His name is

KhushaI Khan Yousafzai, and...

and he's a okay boy.

Wait, wait, wait!

You don't get to

use two hands.

KHUSHAL:

This is MaIaIa Yousafzai.

She's the naughtiest girI

on the earth.

One, two, three, go.

It's not fair.

Come on, then.

(LAUGHING)

-No!

-(ZIAUDDIN SPEAKING)

KhushaI!

You are somebody's son!

(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)

KHUSHAL:
PeopIe think

that she is reaIIy kind

and she speaks

for peopIe's rights...

but that's not true.

In home, she is so vioIent.

MALALA:
I'm not vioIent!

I wouId request my brother...

not to say any bad thing

about me.

He shouId onIy praise me.

I pIay with them,

I fight with them.

I get a IittIe bit naughty,

but that's fine.

That's my right.

She's a IittIe bit naughty.

That much.

GUGGENHEIM:
What does she do?

She just sIaps me every time

when I meet her.

When I come from schooI.

When my brother's fighting

with me,

you come and rescue me.

When I go to your room,

you sIap me there as weII!

(MALALA LAUGHS )

ATAL:
That's

kind of confusing.

Save me from one

and hit me in the other one.

He's saying I beat KhushaI

and then I protect AtaI...

but when I take him

to my room,

then I myseIf give him a sIap.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(MIMICS SLAPPING)

-She sIap on my...

-ZIAUDDIN:
It's out of Iove.

MALALA:
It's just for Iove.

It is not a Iove!

It is a sign of Iove.

It's a sign of...

-how much I Iove you and...

-ZIAUDDIN:
Compassion.

...how sweet and cute

you are for me.

That's why I give you a sIap

on your face.

(MACHINE WHIRRING)

When you Iaugh,

do you get any pain down here?

-MALALA:
No.

-Okay.

This pIace is tight. This one.

These ones.

-Say ''speciaI''.

-SpeciaI.

-Now say ''feeI.''

-FeeI.

-''Freddy.''

-Freddy.

No pain when

you stretch it Iike that?

Mmm-hmm.

There it feeIs

a IittIe bit tight.

The nerve doesn't seem to

stimuIate this muscIe?

That's unIikeIy to come back.

The damage was too severe.

(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

(MALALA SPEAKING)

I don't know where the voice is coming from.

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR:

It's okay. Look there.

MALALA:

When l was in Pakistan,

it was a different world

for me.

Here, l have just spent

one year only.

l don't really understand

this new society

and these new rules.

-(DOG BARKS )

-MALALA:
Oh, dear! It's a dog!

(LAUGHS )

WOMAN:
Sorry, MaIaIa.

-MAN:
You aII right?

-It's fine.

l want people to learn

from the experience l had...

and the story of my life.

They want you aIone,

so Iook there, and then there.

So, the name of the show

is The Daily Show?

-Very nice to see you.

-Nice to see you.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

Okay, straight.

AMANPOUR:
The Queen of England

has invited you to the Palace.

(BOTH SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

MARGARET WARNER:
With

all these public appearances,

do you have any semblance

of a normal life?

Take a deep breath.

Just reIax your hands.

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