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procon

(15,805 posts) Thu Aug 17, 2017, 04:00 PM Aug 2017

Malala is going to study at Oxford University

Good for her, what a remarkable young woman!


Pakistan's Malala 'excited' after winning place at Oxford University

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17, said on Thursday she was "excited" after winning a place to study at Oxford University.

Yousafzai said she had been accepted at Oxford to study Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. She joined thousands of other students in Britain in discovering where they will go to university after getting their final school results.

Others to have studied the same course at Oxford, one of the world's top universities, include former British Prime Minister David Cameron and late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-education-results-idUSKCN1AX167
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Malala is going to study at Oxford University (Original Post) procon Aug 2017 OP
That's wonderful. I'm so happy for her. lunamagica Aug 2017 #1
Oxford's lucky to have her zipplewrath Aug 2017 #2
Oxford might be good enough for her. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2017 #3
I'm thrilled for her! What an opportunity. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2017 #4
Yay, Malala! TeapotInATempest Aug 2017 #5
She will do great things for our world, we are lucky to have her Happyhippychick Aug 2017 #6
Tremendous oswaldactedalone Aug 2017 #7
Malala is an amazing gift to the world and an inspiration to all people young and old onetexan Aug 2017 #8
Good for her! smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #9
How wonderful. I bet her family is so proud. Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #10
Her father has to be a man apart, kudos to him for being strong enough to love procon Aug 2017 #14
How wonderful for her! brer cat Aug 2017 #11
Happy for Malala!! LeftInTX Aug 2017 #12
Happy for her! mcar Aug 2017 #13

onetexan

(13,058 posts)
8. Malala is an amazing gift to the world and an inspiration to all people young and old
Reply to procon (Original post)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:33 PM
Aug 2017

i can't seem to get enough news of this young lady. Will be interesting to see her develop and her future endeavors moving forward.

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Honeycombe8

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10. How wonderful. I bet her family is so proud.
Reply to procon (Original post)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 06:59 PM
Aug 2017

Amazing that her father defied the traditional norms of the uber religious to support his daughter getting an education. I imagine not many Pakistani men would do that.

But she's special, isn't she? I guess he could see that.

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procon

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14. Her father has to be a man apart, kudos to him for being strong enough to love
Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #10)
Thu Aug 17, 2017, 07:31 PM
Aug 2017

his very unique daughter, and brave enough to deny the cultural traditions of his country to secure her future. I wish him, and everyone in Malala's family, a bright and successful future.

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LeftInTX

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12. Happy for Malala!!
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Thu Aug 17, 2017, 07:22 PM
Aug 2017

The education she received in Pakistan was not on par with UK's. (She went to a little village school) She really had to work hard to catch up to them. Now she's going to Oxford!!!

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