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He Named Me Malala (PG), directed by Davis Guggenheim
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THE youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai made the headlines when at just 15 she was shot by the Taliban on a school bus for actively campaigning for girls’ education in Pakistan.
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