When the news came that Malala Yousafzai missed out on the Nobel Prize for Peace, there were groans of disappointment across Pakistan. In the lead up to the announcement, Pakistan’s lively news channels had been running clips of her speeches, and keenly promoting the cause of education—a cause for which Malala was infamously shot and nearly killed by a Taliban gunman last year. In the corner of the TV screens, there was a clock ticking down the hours, minutes, and seconds left until they found out. Until the last moment, groups of people were raising cupped hands in prayer, hoping that Malala would win.
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