SHERIN ZADA and MUNIR AHMED / The Associated PressMar 31, 2018
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, 20, is back in her Pakistani hometown for the first time since a Taliban militant shot her there for advocating education for girls. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Zubeida Mustafa / TruthdigAug 9, 2017
Those looking at Pakistan from the outside often miss stories about change-makers who do their country proud. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Carrie Rickey / TruthdigOct 2, 2015
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim documents the public side of the world-famous Pakistani education crusader but gives us only fleeting glimpses of the real girl. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigSep 2, 2015
The 18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is certainly wise beyond her years, and global leaders would do well to heed her latest piece of advice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 14, 2015
Activist and youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has opened a school for Syrian girls in an informal refugee settlement in Lebanon's Beka'a Valley. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 13, 2015
Our democracy may be farce, our citizens may be entranced by electronic hallucinations and our ecosystem may be collapsing, but the longtime gadfly, armed with his 50-year-old typewriter, will not give up. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJan 7, 2015
The top-ranking leader of the Taliban faction that claimed responsibility for last month's mass slaughter of 153 people, many of them children, at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, has taken to the Internet to warn that his group is prepared to strike again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 11, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the Supreme Court's effective approval of gay marriage in numerous states, Bill Maher's debate over whether Islam is a violent religion, and Leon Panetta's hastily published memoir. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 10, 2014
Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said they'll use the award to try to bring their opposed countries together. And they'll start by inviting their respective prime ministers to the award ceremony. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 8, 2013
The Pakistani Taliban have chosen a new permanent leader, Mullah Fazlullah, whose appointment suggests that the militant group isn’t interested in forging diplomatic ties with the Pakistani government anytime soon. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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