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I've taken up gaming with my mates, says Malala Yousufzai reflecting on life in lockdown

I've taken up gaming with my mates, says Malala Yousufzai reflecting on life in lockdown

"I hope that what we gain from this shared experience is a commitment to empathy, to the safety of our global community."
06 Jan, 2021

From a virtual graduation at Oxford University, to chatting with Twinkle Khanna, Mira Sethi and the Duke and Ducchess of Sussex, education activist Malala Yousufzai has had an overwhelming year.

Reflecting back on what all she learnt, the young leader wrote down her thoughts about how things were different from what she had initially planned for herself.

“At midnight on 31 December 2019, I was standing on the streets of London with my friends — a small, happy crowd in a much larger one. As we watched fireworks light up the sky, my head and my heart were full of grand plans for the new year — my last days at university, graduation, travelling to places I’ve never seen," Malala opened up in a note penned in Vogue.

"None of it turned out as I imagined."

However, the young Noble Laureate said she found alternatives to connect with her friends and family.

"I’ve had to adjust my social life from cafés and holiday trips to group chats on HouseParty," she admitted. "For the first time in my life, I’ve taken up video games, playing Among Us with my mates. And though I’ve very much missed seeing friends and making new ones, in some ways, I think we’re all closer now," she revealed.

Malala also acknowledged how the pandemic had affected everyone in every corner of the world.

"I hope that what we gain from this shared experience is a commitment to empathy, to the safety of our global community, to human rights and dignity, to our welfare, to health and education,” she wished.

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Mukhtar Khan Jan 06, 2021 06:19pm
Is this news worthy??
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Awaz Jan 06, 2021 06:52pm
You've forgotten your own country my dear. No one is more in need then the pathans, your own people. Charity starts at home.
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Derek Malik Jan 06, 2021 07:14pm
Malala has very little interesting to say for the masses She lost the plot a long time ago unfortunately
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khan kabliwala Jan 06, 2021 08:10pm
Her life has been like a video game characters have multiple life’s beginings and ends have been prewriiten get game points and their is always a big boss at the end.
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Chrís Dăn Jan 06, 2021 10:03pm
@Mukhtar Khan indeed. It is ,as to how a young Nobel laureate reflects about Covid 19 period. She is NOT an ordinary woman so yes,she matters. Non acknowledging her status will not change her status.
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Ranjha Jan 07, 2021 05:47am
Complete fake!
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Omveer Singh Jan 07, 2021 07:09am
Why isn't she coming back to Pakistan to work for betterment of girl rights? Enjoying the western hospitality and becoming rich for doing nothing. How many girls have been killed, denied education, early forced conversions and disappearances/ marriages? Did anything improve in tribal areas?
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