Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/today today_20131007-1007a.mp3
I was feeling a little bit embarrassed and worried because I didn't know how to adjust myself in this new system / school was quite different / compared / in Pakistan. Here, I heard / drama is also taught / music and art, and also / were something different from / because we don't learn in Pakistan / as well as, the students are given opportunity to speak, and / here they don't punish / stick / they don't hit / something new. / So, would you say it's been difficult for you to adjust to the UK? Has there been culture shock? / Uh ... yes. It was difficult to adjust to this new culture in this new society / especially for my mother because we have never seen / woman / be / that much free / they / any market, they will be going alone with no men, with no brothers and father, because, in our country, if you want to go outside, / if you are a five-year-old / fine, but / must have someone else / go outside all alone. / my mother said that, when / we eat our food / something is left in our plate, she / throw it / dustbins / because in our country / so many poor people who were starving and who need food / my mother said / afford to / in our garden. / But now, are you becoming more western, do you think, living in Britain? / No, I'm not becoming Western. / I'm still / my own culture, P___ culture / wearing / showl on my head. I think this western culture / accept other cultures, so, it's a good thing. / Do you see yourself today, then, as an educational campaigner? / is that who you are? / Yes / I am a campaigner of education, I am a children's right activist / women's rights activist. / And yet / to complete her own education. ... How do you balance these two? / Ah, yes, it is important / complete my own education and i__ myself with knowledge / because knowledge is the real power, and I believe that, and I need to participate in every activity at school / also / homework on time, / and also, not to be absent for so many days. / call yourself / ordinary teenager then, or / far from that / I'm an ordinary teenager, because ... / ordinary teenagers don't speak at the UN. / Oh, they would / were given the opportunity / teenager here in UK / speak for education because they go to school daily. It's / part of their lives. It's nothing special / attitude to education in Pakistan and in the UK? / important question, because, in Pakistan, if a girl / opportunity / gets a chance to go to school / it's like good news for her, and it's a great opportunity for her, but here in UK, it's not / as we do / in S___ in Pakistan / from us, and we have seen terrorism, and we know that education is important, and we know that terrorists are afraid of the power of education. That's why they have stopped us from going to school / the Taliban slaughtering people, Taliban blasting schools, we have seen this / I don't want / students of UK to see this and then realize it / I want to tell them / very precious / it's very prestigious / go to school / When do you believe that it'll be possible for you to go back to Pakistan / any / be possible / I've just been to Pakistan / talking to people / including / actually no one advises you to come back. No one would put a timeframe on when you'll be able to return to / threats against you. You know about those threats? / yeah / there are / some threats / I think that, if I ___ going back to Pakistan, and if / someone else / problems, then nothing is going to happen because the bad thing in our societies and in our country, is that we always wait for someone to come / there is no one who / anything / there's no electricity, there's no / schools have been blasted, and / no one is doing this ... So, why don't I go forward, why / I believe that / with me, and he saved my life. / But I saw and heard in Pakistan / evidence / what people call a backlash / people who feel that your message is too westernized, you are being used by the West, there are even people / even shot that day. / some questions might rise because people / some people / very small group / maybe / people cannot trust anyone because the people / they have seen in Pakistan / many of the politicians / they make promises, and / once / elected, then they don't / any / when you are here / you know / people are expressing that kind of / right to express / their feelings, what they think of me, and now it's my right to say what I want. I want that ... I want to do something for education / only desire / my only / that's what I want in future. / how did it feel to get that letter from the Taliban? / I felt nothing / just / it's nice to hear from them because / they accepted that, yes, we have shot Malala / so many people said that Malala has not been shot. So, it was a good thing to hear / they accepted. / The difficulties, though / for some people in Pakistan / almost as if the more time you spend in the west, the less power your message for education has for your home country / I don't know why people have divided the whole world into two groups: West and East. I don't know what's the difference between West and East. The only thing / wearing / short dresses and skirts, but that does not mean they have different ideology / education / against Islam. It's not against Islam. In Islam, we have learned that it's the duty of every man and every woman, every child, to get education. / I think, maybe the terrorists have forgotten it. The terrorists have forgotten / Do you believe in a dialogue with the Taliban, whether in your own country or in / is that the way forward, do you think? / Oh, yes. I think that the best way to solve problem / fight against / dialogue / peaceful way. But, for me, the best way to fight against terrorism and extremesm / just simple thing: Educate the next generation. / So, if the Pakistan government today is prepared to negotiate with the group / responsible / you don't have a problem with that? / I ... I have not thought of / I don't know what to say. And I don't want to go deep in those issues of terrorism because it's the job of the government to do it. / Looking back / that day was to silence you. What actually happened? What effect do they actually have on your life? / shot Malala / now / people would be silenced / they thought that no one would talk, but I'm really thankful to the people of Pakistan and all around the world that, on the next day, people raised up their voice / "I am Malala". They did not raised / banner of "I am Taliban". And they spoke of / for the right of education, and / against the terrorism ... and, yes, Malala was only heard in Pakistan, but now she is heard in every corner of the world. And I want to change my country / future of my country / I want to make education compulsary for every child / and I hope that the day will come / there will be peace everywhere in every corner of the world / people of / of Pakistan / they will be free / have their rights / peace / every / going to school. And, / my desire / I hope I struggle for it / ability
Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/today today_20131007-1007a.mp3