5 things Malala Yousafzai wants you to know about being a refugee

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Malala Yousafzai captured the world’s attention after she was shot by the Taliban for her advocacy of gender equality. In her latest book, We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World, Yousafzai writes about being forced to live in England and then devotes the remaining space to the stories of girls and women who also fled their homes. 

Those stories portray a range of feelings and experiences: guilt and gratefulness, death and survival, loss and opportunity. A refugee’s journey, simply put, is complicated. Contributors, who are from Colombia, Iraq, Syria, and other countries, use only a first name.  Read more…

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