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Nobel winner Malala opens school for refugees

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Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on July 12 by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls, and called on world leaders to invest in "books not bullets."

Malala became a symbol of defiance after she was shot on a school bus in Pakistan in 2012 by the Taliban for advocating girls' rights to education. She won the Nobel in 2014.

"I believe that the voices of the Syrian refugees need to be heard and they have been ignored for so long," Malala said. (Reuters)

マララさん、シリア人難民キャンプに学校開設

昨年、最年少でノーベル平和賞を受賞者したマララ・ユスフザイさんは7月12日、18歳の誕生日を迎えた日に、レバノンでシリア難民のための学校を開設した。

The Japan Times ST: July 24, 2015