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The Nobel prize winner posed for a cover portait and spoke openly in an interview. One of her remarks about marriage has prompted vitriolic responses on social media in her homeland.
But as much as Malala Yousafzai is beloved in the West, she is hated in her native Pakistan. As a 15-year-old, she was airlifted out of the country in 2012 for medical treatment after a Taliban insurgent shot her in the face for her advocacy of girls' education. In her homeland today, she's divisive. For a liberal minority, she's a feminist icon and hero for her global activism on behalf of girls. Others see her as a Western stooge. So this week, many Pakistanis on social media reacted with white-knuckled anger after she told Vogue: "I still don't understand why people have to get married."
Malala Yousafzai’s Interview In ‘British Vogue’ Sparks Anger In Her Native Pakistan