A strong, new voice
A little less than a year ago, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai lay in a Pakistan hospital struggling to survive after being shot in the head by Taliban insurgents — simply for trying to get an education. Last Friday, the demure teen, wearing a plain white gown with a rose-colored scarf covering her head, stood before a crowd of nearly 1,000 at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre receiving one standing ovation after another throughout the evening. “We are here to find a solution and it’s simple: education, education, education,” Yousafzai, now 16, told the audience as she made a plea for peace, education, and equality in her country and around the world. “A war can never be ended by a war,” Yousafzai said. “You can only fight wars with education. “Instead of sending guns, send pens,” she said. “Instead of sending tanks, send books. Instead of sending soldiers, send teachers.” Yousafzai was in Cambridge to receive the 2013...