The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. ON TV. On social media. Malala showed it to me, It is a poignant reminder of her search for answers in that period, especially the page where she simply asks, "Who did this to me? For Reynolds, the fact that Malala was able to articulate her questions was a huge relief.
I was also hoping that she hadn't lost the power of speech. So the fact that she was mouthing words and writing - I thought she's not lost the ability to speak. Malala would go on to make an outstanding recovery, a tribute not just to the quality of the care she received - but also, her doctors told me, to her own resilience and determination.
Once she was out of intensive care, doctors began to consider what could be done about the paralysis of the left side of her face, which had caused great distress to her parents when they were reunited with her in Birmingham. Malala's father felt she had lost her smile. Malala's ear specialist Richard Irving thinks that in those early weeks, she was troubled by her new appearance.
After tests and scans, Irving's view was that the facial nerve was unlikely to repair itself, but without surgery, he couldn't be sure exactly what state it was in. The procedure would be a lengthy one, and this time Malala was herself able to weigh up the risks. She took a great interest in her medical care and didn't leave it to someone else.
During a hour operation last November, he discovered that Malala's facial nerve had been entirely severed by the bullet and that a 2cm section of it was missing. For any movement to return to her face, the two ends of the nerve would have to be re-attached, but the missing section made it impossible to do this along the original route. Instead, Irving decided to expose the nerve and re-route it so it travelled a shorter distance. In February this year, a further operation replaced the skull section removed by the surgeons in Pakistan, with a titanium plate.
A cochlear implant was also inserted into Malala's left ear to correct damage to her hearing caused by the bullet. No further surgery is said to be required - her face should continue to improve over time, with the help of physiotherapy.
On 12 July, nine months after the shooting, came a major milestone - Malala stood up at the UN headquarters in New York and addressed a specially convened youth assembly. It was her 16th birthday and her speech was broadcast around the world.
How did it feel to speak in public once again - this time on a bigger stage than she could ever have imagined? Ziauddin Yousafzai remembers it as the biggest day of his life.
For him, Malala's speech was an assault on negative perceptions of Pashtuns, of Pakistanis and of Muslims. He has no doubt about her power to focus attention on the bigger picture of nearly 60 million out-of-school children around the world.
There is even speculation she could be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The girl from Swat has gone global, but she still believes she can and will return home to Pakistan. Few would advise her to do that anytime soon. There are still fears for her security and also criticism that she attracts too much attention, especially in the West. But she seems sanguine about any criticism. The danger for Malala is that the more time she spends away from Pakistan, the less she will be seen at home as a true Pakistani, and the more she will be identified with the West.
But she has little time for distinctions between East and West. Still only 16, she has to balance being the world's most high-profile educational campaigner, in demand around the world, with the completion of her own schooling. I still try to live normally but yes, my life has changed a lot," she tells me. There are moments when she misses her old anonymity, but says it's "human nature" to want what you don't have.
She is an extraordinary young woman, wise beyond her years, sensible, sensitive and focused. She has experienced the worst of humanity, and the best of humanity - both from the medics who cared for her and the messages from many thousands of well-wishers.
I find one of those well-wishers in her own street in Swat, just outside the home that she never made it back to, on the afternoon she was shot.
He is a young man called Farhanullah and he says the Taliban have blighted his life, destroying Swat's economic, social and educational fabric. Malala was "Pakistan's daughter", he says. I ask if he would like to send a message to Malala. Yes, he says. We are all with her. The voice of the girl whom the Taliban tried to silence a year ago has been amplified beyond what anyone could have thought possible.
When I ask her what she thinks the militants achieved that day, she smiles. You can follow the Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook. Portrait of the girl blogger. Malala Yousafzai speech in full. Malala inspires School Reporters. Shot girl leaves hospital. Image source, AFP. I hope you will join my fight for education and equality. Together, we can create a world where all girls can learn and lead. With more than million girls out of school today, she needs your help breaking down the barriers that hold girls back.
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Yousafzai published a children's picture book about her life in October Malala's Magic Pencil introduces her childhood in Pakistan through a well-known TV show where a young boy uses his magic pencil to help people.
In the book, the magic pencil instructs readers how to make the world a better place. But they failed," Yousafzai writes. In October , a documentary about Yousafzai's life was released. Yousafzai began studying at Oxford University in , graduating in June with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
Yousafzai got married in November to Asser Malik. We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! Subscribe to the Biography newsletter to receive stories about the people who shaped our world and the stories that shaped their lives.
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