14-year-old Blogger Shot By Taliban

Malala Yousafazi, a 14-year-old Pakistani girl who blogged about daily life in the war-torn Swat Valley, has been shot in the head and neck by the Taliban.

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Nosheen Abbas, of BBC Urdu, told NBC news that Malala was "very passionate about education, and she spoke about that a lot to me. It angered her deeply when girls' schools were closed, and she was affected, and her class fellows were affected..."

Malala was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011 for her writing.

The attempt at her life is a terrible act of violence. Nobody should be shot for expressing and writing their thoughts. And nobody should be shot over women's right to education.

Stay strong Malala! The world needs you.

For more information, and to watch a short documentary about Malala, click here.