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Malala Yousafzai: Beyond the Nobel Prize


In this episode of The Story Behind, we explore how Malala became both a national controversy and an international icon

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Amber Shamsi

Pakistan Editor

Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multimedia journalist, political commentator, and free speech advocate with extensive experience in media development. She previously served as Director of the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at IBA, where she spearheaded the launch of iVerify Pakistan, a UNDP-supported fact-checking platform. A former BBC World Service bilingual reporter, she has hosted three major current affairs shows on Pakistani news channels. She is also an IVLP and ICFJ Digital Fellow, a media trainer, and an advocate for press freedom and gender representation in journalism.

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Malala Yousafzai’s story is known around the world but not like this.

Behind the Nobel Prize, the global fame, and the headlines is a more complex story about Pakistan, power, and the price of being a symbol.

In this episode of The Story Behind, we explore how Malala became both a national controversy and an international icon and what her journey reveals about how the world sees Pakistan.

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