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Malala partners with Apple to produce dramas, comedies, documentaries

Malala partners with Apple to produce dramas, comedies, documentaries

She hopes that young people, especially girls, will watch these shows and get inspired.
09 Mar, 2021

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is expanding her partnership with Apple Inc to produce dramas, children’s series, animation and documentaries that will air on the tech giant’s streaming service, the two said on Monday.

Malala, 23, and her new production company Extracurricular join Apple TV+'s growing roster of content creators including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Will Smith, Octavia Spencer and Jennifer Aniston, the iPhone maker said in a blog post on its website on International Women's Day.

“I hope that through this partnership, I will be able to bring new voices to this platform, to this stage,” Malala told Reuters in an interview. “I hope that through me, more young people and girls will watch these shows, get inspired.”

Apple produced a documentary about Malala in 2015 and teamed up with her Malala Fund in 2018 to promote secondary education to girls across the globe.

In 2009 at age 12, Malala blogged under a pen name for the BBC about living under the rule of the Pakistani Taliban. In 2012 she survived being shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for campaigning against its attempts to deny women education.

In 2014, she became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate at age 17. In 2018 she launched Assembly, a digital publication for girls and young women available on Apple News. She graduated from Oxford University in June.

“I believe in storytelling because it has been part of my life, it was my story that inspired so many people around the world to realise that not all girls have access to education,” she said.

On the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Malala said women around the world should take a pause to appreciate all they had achieved.

“I want every girl and woman to be proud of herself, to be proud of all that she has achieved in her life,” she said.

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ABCD Mar 09, 2021 10:37am
To get another Nobel Prize?
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Rana Talukdar Mar 09, 2021 10:58am
My pride my young lady.
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Fazal Karim Mar 09, 2021 11:02am
Lone star on Pakistan horizon.
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kABEELAKHAN Mar 09, 2021 11:05am
doing this for women cause?
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Ehsan Mar 09, 2021 11:06am
Keep shining
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kABEELAKHAN Mar 09, 2021 11:19am
@Fazal Karim benefiting whom?
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kABEELAKHAN Mar 09, 2021 11:19am
@Rana Talukdar live in your own oblivion.
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Derek Miller Mar 09, 2021 11:33am
One more reason to boycott Apple
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Gawar Mar 09, 2021 11:39am
Must say, she's got great business acument
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Sabir Baloch, Islamabad Mar 09, 2021 12:31pm
No doubt she is great drama producer
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Parvez Mar 09, 2021 12:38pm
Doing the right thing.....smart move.
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IndianReader Mar 09, 2021 01:32pm
Gandhi is not in the list of nobel laureates for peace. Indians are thankful for that.
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Sheraz Ali Rizvi Mar 09, 2021 01:40pm
@ABCD nobel prize for doing what? Living in western world, enjoying levish life just because of getting a bullet? Thousand of innocent Pakistanis died in target killing and bomb blast... what about those...
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Truth be told Mar 09, 2021 01:42pm
With what credentials?
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kABEELAKHAN Mar 09, 2021 02:15pm
@Fazal Karim that's according to you.
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Ibrahim S Mar 09, 2021 08:03pm
@ABCD - Are you licking your wounds . Grow up please
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Ibrahim S Mar 09, 2021 08:04pm
@kABEELAKHAN - what's your point. She is safe and away from men like you
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Ibrahim S Mar 09, 2021 08:05pm
@IndianReader - One of the fanatic Hindu already awarded him a prize more than the nobel prize
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Ibrahim S Mar 09, 2021 08:08pm
@Truth be told - Please remember she is no longer in Swat and getting education in Seminary school. Please worry about your credentials with worthless , below average education system.
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Glen D'Abreo Mar 11, 2021 04:42am
@Fazal Karim the hate that is generated against her is mind blowing . Please remember this little star was shot in her own area and you all did NOTHING to protect her and other young girls. Remember this lone star is a shinning star all over the world and its shinning!
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