The Daily Show: Ears Edition - A Moment of Reckoning (and Renewed Popularity) for R. Kelly | Malala Yousafzai

Episode Date: January 8, 2019

The U.S. government shutdown enters its third week, Roy Wood Jr. examines R. Kelly's surge in popularity, and Malala Yousafzai discusses "We Are Displaced" and Malala Fund.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. January 7th, 2019. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Oh, man.

Welcome to the Daily Show, everybody. Oh man! Welcome to the Daily Show everybody. I'm Trevor Noah. Our guest tonight is an advocate for women's rights and she has a new book about refugee girls. Malala Yusuf Zay is here everybody. True superstar. But before we get into the news, happy new year everybody, happy new year. A true superstar. But before we get into the news, happy New Year, everybody.

Happy New Year. And it's good to be back. My New Year's resolution was to stop eating cigarettes, lasted two days, going well. And I had a great vacation. For those of you who don't know, I had to have a little vocal cord surgery done at the end of last year. It went really well. The doctor, thank you very to, to to to to to to to to, to, to, to, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and I thi, and I thi, tho, tho, tho, and I thi, and I tho, and tho, and thoom, and thoom, and thoom, and thoom. And, and thoom. And, and the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, theeean, thean, thea.ea.ea.ea.ea. Weaugh, thooooooooooooooooooooooooo It went really well. The doctor was amazing, so thank you very much to the doctor. And then I went and I had a vacation with my friends

and we went to California. It was sunny. And then I did what I love doing, which is going to theme parks. Right? That's like my greatest joy. to just writing ones and I was just like so many spins so that's always been my dream right so I wanted to write

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, anyway. It's officially our first show of 2019, so let's catch up on today's headlines. As you probably know by now, Democrats took control of the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years. That's right. Eight years. You realize the last time the Democrats had this much power in Congress, there were only two Transformers movies, and Harvey Weinstein only looked like a creep. We were so innocent then.

But that was then, and this is now, Democrats control the House, and they've hit the ground running. They've introduced a package of voting reforms. They've talked about infrastructure and prescription drug pricing. But for one incoming Congresswoman, there was a different priority. Just hours after making history as the first Palestinian-American woman sworn into Congress, Michigan Democrat Rashida Talibe is sparking a firestorm, caught on camera telling a crowd last night what she told her son about the president.

We're going to go in there, we're going to impeach the mother's f-b-b-s s-he'er. Please, please, sit down, please. Now a lot of people thought that it was cool that Rashida Tali used this kind of language, but frankly, thiaia-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, thi-s, to-s, to-s, ttau. tta was cool that Rashida Talibe used this kind of language, but frankly, I was disappointed. I don't think she should have called President Trump a mother-fixie. All right? I think it's lazy. You had three years to prepare, and mother-fixie was all you could come up with. Like she should have been like, we're going to go in there and impeach that butter-flavered, and I I, that, their, their, their, their, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their-s, thi, I'm, I'm, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm thi-s..e. And, I'ma-s. And, thin.easeaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseaseasease. And, I'ma, I'ma, I'ma, comb over, that carrot crayon who looks like he's wearing a cheap mask of his own face.

The only person who's Uber rating is get the fuck out of my car? That would have been more appropriate. That's what I'm saying. Anyway, moving on to some other news, as you probably know, the Pacific Ocean is full of garbage, right? It's basically Hawaii and 8 billion dassani bottles out there. But one young man had a planned to to to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to clean to plan to clean it up and as you will see, it didn't work out. An effort to skim nearly two trillion pieces of plastic from the Pacific Ocean appears to have gone bust.

Twenty-four-year-old Dutch inventor Boy in Slat says the system, consisting of a massive pipe and underwater skirt, is now being towed back to port after the crew discovered a nearly 60-foot section of the boom broke off. We first met Slat in September, just before the launch. Are you sure it will work? No, that's what we'll see in the coming months, right? Slat says, after repairs, the system should be back skimming trash from the great garbage patch later this year. Man, being a white guy rocks.

This kid goes to an interview and says, honestly, I have no idea if this is going to work. And they're like, well, we're all white here. Have $20 million. Here we go. And then instead of cleaning up the garbage, the thing breaks. And now it's garbage that they have to clean up. And everyone's like, man, that do something. There's so much garbage in the ocean. I mean, at this point, there's so much trash,

I feel like the next Aquaman movie's just gonna be him trying to get out of a six-pack ring for two hours. He's gonna be strangling there like, Batman, help me, help me! Be like, sorry, I don't have top story. The wall. It's not only one of the lead characters in Game of Thrones, it's also President Trump's most famous campaign promise. Now according to Trump, the wall is almost completely built and America is safer than ever before. But at the same time, according to Trump, he also says there is no wall

and America is in grave danger. And I know those messages seem contradictory, but remember that the Bible does this all the time. In the Old Testament, the Bible is like, don't eat shrimp. Then in the New Testament, Jesus took everyone to Red Lobster. So, yeah, they're like, Jesus, why are we here? It's like, because you fucked me good, Jesus listened to Beyonce because he knew the future. That's the whole point of the joke.

Now don't forget, just a month ago, when Republicans still controlled all of Congress, Trump couldn't get funding for his wall. So with the Democrats in the House, it's no surprise that the situation has escalated. A new year, a new Congress in Washington, and Trump's shutdown enters its third week. 17 days and counting, as President Trump refuses to back down on his budget demand of $5 billion for a border wall with Mexico. And the government remains in partial shutdown. Democrats standing firm that no taxpayer dollars be used to build a wall.

The president repeatedly promised that Mexico would pay for his unnecessary and ineffective border wall. On Friday, he suggested the shutdown may last months or even years. If we have to stay out for a very long period of time, we're going to do that. Wow. The shutdown could keep going for years. I bet Trump is just hoping that if it goes on long enough, America can't afford to have another election.

And then he can just keep being president. Like, unfortunately, there's not enough money for an election, folks. We only have the funds to print one ballot, and I get to use it, so my vote is for Chesta-Chita. Anyone who wears sunglasses inside is cool enough to be my president, folks. Now the thing about shutdowns is that if they end quickly, there's not much harm that is done. But the longer they go on, the worse the effects are. Think of it like this. If you leave your cats home alone for the weekend, they may not love it, but they'll

be fine. They'll just like drink toilet water or something. But if you're gone for six months, you're going to to to to to to to to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need to need the their the escape and then they leave. And 17 days into this shutdown, let's just say that America's cats are starting to stink. Tonight, nearly a dozen departments and agencies have run out of funding. Roughly 25 percent of the federal government gone dark. Here are those departments, agriculture, commerce, justice, homeland security, housing and urban development, interior, state, transportation, treasury. Many judges are furloughed, creating a backlog in the immigration court system.

Then there are the farmers already under duress from the President's trade war with China. The shutdown means they're not getting those stimulus payments promised by their government. The ripple effects extending to the national parks, piling up with garbage, even human waste, turning them into health hazards. Park visitors in some places are taking care of business, shall we say, along pathways or in the woods. That's right. The shutdown has gotten so bad that at national parks, Americans are pooping on the ground. Who's the ground.

Who's the shithole country now? At the same time though, I thought shitting on the ground is just what you do when you go camping in the woods. I mean, I don't know why this is a problem. I mean, I don't go camping because I'm black, but it's what I always assumed people do. And the shutdown has gotten so bad in the woods. I mean, I don't know why this is a problem. I mean, I don't go camping because I'm black, but it's what I always assumed people do. And the shutdown has gotten so bad

that the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has had to close everything down, including their beloved panda cam. Yeah, which broke my heart. Because I love to pandas, I too am half black, half white, and I also don't want to have kids. So I decided that the Daily Show was going to do something about the panda cam being down, which is why I'm proud to announce we brought a live panda to the show! Oh no, no, I'm just, no, I'm, I'm just messing with you. We can't afford to bring a panda here.

We don't have that John Oliver, Hbue H HBO H HBO H HBO H HBO H HBO H HBO Hable, Hable, Hable, they We can't afford to bring a panda here. We don't have that John Oliver HBO money, all right? What we do have is some special effects that are really bad, and employees who have to do whatever I say. So please welcome the star of our panda camp, Michael Costa everybody! This is humiliating, Trevor. I'm a grown man, and now you're... I don't want to cut you off Costa but can you just chew on the bamboo while you speak please? Fine. What I was saying was that this is undignified and if you keep treating us this way we won't be around much longer.

He's so cute look at him with these little stick. Thanks Panda we'll check in later. Oh where were we? Oh yes the government shutdown. Now the shutdown is affecting lots of people but the people it's thiiiii thss thi thi thi thi thi th is thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thoes thoom. thi. thi. thoom- thoom- thoom- th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the. the the. the. the. the. the. the tho's tho's thoooooooooooooooe to the thooooooooooooe the thooe thooe. tho's the tho? Oh, yes, the government shutdown. Now, the shutdown is affecting lots of people. But the people that's affecting most, most directly, are the government workers themselves. You see, 800,000 federal employees aren't getting paid right now, and for a lot of them, it's really hitting hard. Americans are talking about the tough financial challenges they face on Twitter, using the hashtag shutdown stories. In Wyoming, Ernie Johnson says thankfully his auto loan deferred his truck payment in January, but if he doesn't receive back pay, he'll likely be evicted February 1st. And Sarah Waterson, who describes herself as a Marine Corps veteran on Twitter, puts

her family struggle into perspective, saying, my children don't care about walls. They do care about having a warm house to live in, a car to ride in, close to wear, and food in their bellies, none of which is possible if their mom can't go to work. The president says their pain is for a higher purpose. The people that won't get next week's pay or the following weeks pay, I think if you ever really looked at those people. I think th think, I think, I think, I think, I think, I think think think think, I think thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I that is that, I that, thi, that, that, that, that, that, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeanananananananan. theanan. theanananananananananananananann, thi, thi, keep going. This is far more important. Why is Trump fantasizing about what people are saying about the shutdown instead of just listening to what they're saying about the shutdown?

Like he's fantasizing, he's up there like, I think what they would be saying is, we're saying we hate it, we want our money! Shhhh! Be quiet. I'm trying to imagine what you would be saying. They would be saying, I'm so handsome. And now, before you get totally mad at Trump, remember, he isn't the kind of person to just kick people out of work without offering them any help. No, in fact, his Office of Personnel Management is giving unpaid government workers some

handy advice on how to cope without cash. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has advice for those federal employees on how to deal with their precarious financial situations. They make this suggestion. Federal employees should offer to perform chores in exchange for rent payments. One example, this sample letter to a landlord that reads in part, I would like to discuss with you the possibility of trading my services to perform maintenance, for example, painting carpetry work in exchange for partial rent payments.

You want people to trade rent for carpentry? So we're going back to the barter system? I mean, I knew Trump was going to make America go backwards, but not to the middle ages. No, because at this rate, we're three weeks away from America being a full-on barter system, right. And, an African, let me tell you guys, you do not want the barter system. Yeah, you're going to be sitting there trying to figure out how many goats an iPhone is worth. Is it one goat? Is it half a goat? And you ever try to make change for a goat? It's not pretty, folks. But as dire as the consequences seem, the shutdowns, to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, to be, to be, to be, too, too, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, the, the, the the the, the the the the the to, to to to to to too, too, is too, is too, is too, is the too, is the the the the the the too, is the too, and too, and too, and tooananananan, and tooan, and tooananan, and tooan, tooan, the the the the their, is going going going to an end. Yeah. It's a record right now. And that's really depressing news, because everyone doesn't know when it's going to end. We don't know where it's going to go,

which is why I thank God every day for our panda cam. Panda, what, what, what, what, what are you doing? Michael, you're supposed to be a real panda dude. It's for the people. A panda stuff, the panda, a p a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda wa. A panda wa. A panda wa. A panda wa. A panda wouldn. A panda wouldn. A panda wouldn. A panda wouldn, a panda wouldn, a panda wouldn, a panda wouldn, a panda wouldn, a panda wouldn't, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, a panda, Republican? No, Michael, just drop the book, do panda stuff, man. You know, like roll around on the ground and shit. I mean, is that what you want? Huh? Is this what you want, Trevor? Yeah, panda.

Are you not entertained? Huh? This is dope. No, I'm activating my wife privilege. Yeah. Not doing it. I'm sorry, you activating your what? My white privilege, yeah, that's right. Sir, you've been upgraded to first class right this way.

See what I mean? There you go. I knew it was a real thing. Michael Costa, everyone. we'll be right back. Welcome back to the Daily Show. In the past year, the Me Too movement has exposed many powerful men who used their positions to get away with sexual assault. But there is one person who has consistently avoided punishment even as he racked up tons of allegations, R. Kelly. But now, that may finally be changing. For decades as his career soared, singer R. Kelly

has denied repeated claims of sexual misconduct. But now, some of his alleged victims are speaking out in a powerful new docuse about the sexual, mental and physical abuse they claimed they suffered at his hands. I believe I can fly. He's the singer known for hits like I Believe I Can Fly and Ignition. But these days, R. Kelly may be just as well known for the decades of allegations against him, of domestic abuse and sex with minors. That's right. A documentary came out, and it's six parts long, which is a ton of accusations.

Like, R. Kelly has more skeletons in his closet than a Saudi embassy. And this new documentary has been getting a lot of attention. But it's resulted in one really strange side effect. And while surviving Arkelly was trending at number one on Twitter during its debut, his music was getting renewed interest as well. Now I'm not trying to be rude. With reports his music on some platforms have actually seen a spike in streams. So just so we're in the same page, America sees this documentary about R. Kelly

and underage girls, and now they're consuming more of his music? These are the same people probably who ordered more salad when they learned Romaine Lettus was killing people. That's probably the same group. They're like, who died? Man, give me a sad salad. I don't know lettuce wouldn't do that to nobody who didn't deserve it. Give me that saud salad.

For more on these allegations, we turn to our music expert, Roywood Jr. Boy, I don't get it, Lynn. This documentary comes out, right? And somehow his music is more popular. What on earth is going on? Well, first of all, F. F. R. Kelly. Like, let's just get that out to wait.

There's no way, there's no way to watch this documentary and still be a fan of this guy. And to be honest, I think the only reason he's been getting away with this this this this, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, and this, right, and this, and, and, and, and, and, and, right, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, th, th, th, the,. There's no way, there's no way to watch this documentary and still be a fan of this guy. And to be honest, I think the only reason he's been getting away with this as long as he has is because he was doing it to black girls. I mean, he married to Lea when she was 15. And nothing happened. If he even thought about marrying that little ball-headed girl from stranger things, America would be like, I believe you can't he he he he he he he hea hea. he their their their their their their hea. I their their their their married hea. He their married hea. He hea, I m. He's married, I mc-hea, I mc-m-hee, I'm married, I mean, I mean, I mean, I th. He's married, I he's married, I'll married, I'll married, I'll married, I'll married, I'll he. He's married, I he. He's he. He's he. He's, I he. He's, I the only the only the only the only the only the only their, he's their, he's their, he's their, he's their. He's their, he's their. He's th. He's th. He's th. He's married, he's married, he's married, he's married, he's married, he's married, he's married, he's married, he's married, he married, he married, he married, he married, he married, he married, he married, he married, he married little ball-headed girl from Stranger Things, America would be like, I believe you can fly your ass to prison. The bold-headed girl, you mean Millie Bobby Brown. Oh, is that a name? I don't know. The black community only recognizes one Bobby Brown at a time.

But Roy, okay, what I don't get is, like, why are these allegations increasing his music's popularity? I don't know, but I'll tell you what isn't helping. The news. Every time they report on his crimes, they do it like this. Despite several previous allegations of abusive behavior, Robert Kelly, or as the world knows him, our Kelly has bounced back repeatedly. But one accuser tells us she now believes things this time may be different.

Hey, pretty girl, I'm feeling you, the way you do the things you do. You can't talk about Arkelly's supposed crimes, then play ignition. That song is irresistible. You're sitting there watching the news all angry. How could this monster pray on these innocent... Ooh, my God, that's my jam. Just too. Do too. Do thee. You can't do that. Stop playing this music and just tell us what he did. Just say what he did. Can you imagine how hard it would have been to stay mad at Bill Cosby? If every time they reported on this crimes,

they did stuff like this. Breaking today, TV icon, Bill Cosby, now a convicted felon, found guilty of sexual assault. I'm... Bribbny, mc. I'm telling they-li-triv. Trevor, what are you doing? Oh, the-I'm th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tha. tha-. th-. th-. th-. th-. th-. today. today, to-. today. today, today, today, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, t, tod. I. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod. tod-n. tod-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-in. today. today. today. today. today. today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today. t That was funny. No, no, that's what I'm talking about. That's the shit I'm talking about, man.

Sorry, Roy, but look, but, but, Archely has written and produced so many songs for himself, for other artists. It's almost impossible to completely avoid his music. Maybe for you, I can tell you what I'm gonna start doing. Have you seen bird box? You ain't seen Birdbox is a movie about a white lady cussing their kids and a roadboat. And from what I learned in this movie is that if you don't want something to get to you,

you've got to block it out, right? You just got to block it out. But instead of covering my eyes, I'm going to start covering my ears. And I'm going to call it the R Kelly Challenge. That way people can focus on what he did the the the the the the the the the the the thease the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thease thease thease theateateateateateateateate. the. theateatease thease the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And, th. th. th. th. th. You the. You the. You the Kelly challenge that way people can focus on what he did and not get seduced by his music. That is genius. Roywood Jr. That is genius.

That's genius. Wow. You're gonna. That's amazing. That's really amazing. That's really amazing. That's really, that look good might not be good for you. It's an allegory for what's really going on in the world. You can take it off. Oh man, they don't tou tou man. They may be playing

on killing. I can't take it off. They may be playing on killing. I can't take this off. I can't take this off. Can you take it off. John Stewart here. unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio, on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is an education activist, Malala Fund, co-founder and best-selling author

whose new book is called, We Are Displaced My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World. Please welcome, Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yusofzai. Thank you. Welcome to the show. Thank you. Thank you so much for being here. You know, it's weird. I'll tell you a little personal story. You know, it's weird. I'll tell you a little personal story. You are one of those few human beings who walks the planet and is seen as a saint. Like you're seen as somebody who is better than the rest of us because you are. You are late, so.

Right, but then this was really great. So we kept Malala waiting because we were running late today. And so you trying to impress me and like say nice things about me. No, no, and then you don't think it's working. No, but then like, and then you tweeted a picture throwing shade at me. She's like, she's sitting on the side, she's holding my book and she's like, ah, Trevor, who is this guy and why is he late? And I was like, I forget that you're a person who's like, like, I............ I, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, I.. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And, like, deity does it get a bit weird when you're talking to people? Um no I have really good friends and they're very nice to me right so they treat you completely normally yeah very normally oh they just like my la la la I don't care close the door no like you know the way I'm like you know my university life right teachers said the deadlines if I miss the the d'a'lifl. they they they they they they they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're their they're they're they're their their they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they their their their their their their to th to te te te. te. te. I te. they're they're te. they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're theyrified to be your teacher in school because no because you have a Nobel Prize and then like Malala's in your class you're

like Malala would you like to teach the class and she's like yeah I will. I wish. Does nobody ever bring that up with you? No no. No. Does nobody ever ever bring that up with you? No. No. Not even my university interview to the university interview. Oh nice. You don't you do do do do do do do do. Do you you you you you you you you you you you. you. to do. to do. to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. Malala, thi. Mal thi. Malala, th. Malala, th. Malala, th. Malala, th. Malala, th. Malala, thi, thi, thi, Mal thi, thi, thia. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal. Mal, th. Mal, th. Mal thi. Mal, thi. Mal thi. Malala, thi. M. Mala, thi. Mala, thi. Mala, thi. Mala, tha. Mala, tha. Mala, tha. Mala, thi. Mala, thi. Mala, thi. Mala, couldn't. I was scared. But you have a Nobel Prize, like let me tell you something, Lala, I'm going to teach you a little bit about swag. Um, if you have a Nobel Prize, you should start every sentence with Nobel Prize, even if it's not necessary. If you're at Starbucks and they're like, what would you like? You say, well, as a Nobel Prize we know. I'll have the reasons people are so drawn to you and your story is not just because of the journey you've been on, but because of the focus you bring to other people's journeys.

And this book, We Are Displaced, is another example of that. My journey and stories from refugee girls around the world. Why did you feel the need to include other stories other than your own? Your story is already so amazing. Why bring in others? Yeah, people already the th th the the the thi thi the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thia thi thi thi thia thoesomea' thoes thoes thoomeaseasea. thoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. thoes thoes thoes thoes tho tho tho tho. tho. tho. tho. th. th. thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I the. I thea. I thea. I thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I tha. I mean your story is really so amazing. Why bring in others? Yeah, people already know about my story and displacement was part of my life in Pakistan and then also moving to the UK. But I have met girls around the world who have been displaced, who have lost their homes and often people talk about refugees and in figures and we hear about refugees but we never hear from refugees, we never hear from refugees. And for me it was so important that we hear from

these girls hear their stories and get inspired and you know they show resilience and bravery and courage and I think they have overcome all these difficulties so there's a lot for us to learn from them. It's interesting because when you when you see images from refugee settlements or places where people have been displaced by war, it's often the images that connect with people. As you say, the numbers don't seem to shake anyone, but for instance from Syria we saw the image of that little boy, you know, do you think that we could do a better job of putting a face to these people and to these groups? Do you think that's something we could do to improve how we see other human beings who are struggling?

I think definitely there are a number of ways in which we can actually know more about the issue. I think firstly is, you know, finding out and meeting the refugees and immigrants in our own community. And one of the stories I have shared is of this amazing young woman who is reaching out to immigrants in our community, helping them, you know, going to the grocery shop or getting their education or applying to university. So it's actually going out there and doing it yourself, but also, you know, listening to the girl stories that are out there, reading this work is one opportunity to hear from these girls and I think this is a way for us to hear from them. And I th th th I th I th th th I th I th th th th I th I th I th I th I th I th I th I th I th i thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their their their their their thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thee. thri. theaa. I theauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. I thr. thi. thi. thi. thi. I think this is a way for us to hear from them.

And I think what is inspiring is that people are interested in these stories and they want to know more and I've already seen that. So yeah. When you look at the story of refugees around the world, one thing that seems consistent is being a refugee is already hard enough. Being a woman or a girl who is a refugee exponentially increases how difficult that journey is. It's so much more precarious.

It's a really dangerous position to be in as a young girl. What do you think some of the biggest misconceptions are about girls who are refugees, or refugees in general around the world? I think the first thing is that becoming a refugee is never their first choice. This is the last choice and this is often the only choice that they have, is to leave their homes for their safety, for their better future, because they have lost many things in their lives. And you know, one of the stories that I have mentioned is of Anna Lisa from Guatemala who lost her parents, she became orphan at the age of 15 and had to cross the US border and go through so many difficulties and you know the fear and this sense that you

go through where you feel like you are not safe and like somebody could kidnap you or somebody could put you in jail. All that you have to go through is not an easy thing when you're only 15 years old who have lost their parents. And so it just reminds us of the courage that these people have, but also the fact that you know we need to look at it from a more human eye, from a human angle and understand what would we be in a situation, how would we react in such a situation, what would we personally be when we also face the same kind of conflicts or wars or other things that force us to leave our homes.

You recently spoke in Australia and you spoke out against their policy of turning away boats of refugees that had landed on their shores or had come close to their shores. If you were trying to convince somebody who was anti-immigrant or anti-imm-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-imm-a-mage-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-missi-missi-missi-missi-missi-missi-missi-missue-missue, their, their, wa-mah, wa-mah, their-me, when, when their, when their, when when that had landed on their shores or had come close to their shores. If you were trying to convince somebody who was anti-immigrant or anti-refugee, have you found anything that you can say to them that shifts them or do you find a way that you can speak to people to try and help them see the humanity in this plight? Well, I've been trying it for a while and I think it is difficult to convince people, but I think for me the best way to know about is, I think oftentimes people do not know enough. They do not, they have not met a refugee person, they have not talked to a refugee girl and what she has gone through.

So I think it's important for people to actually go and talk to people. That's the best way to integrate. And my father often says that, you know, if you want to know about a Muslim man or a Muslim person, do not know them through the news, but rather go and visit your next door neighbor who's a Muslim and talk to them. So I think talking to people is important, but also go and look for facts and figures and fauli contributed to the global economies and how, you know, for instance, take the US, how refugees and immigrants have built this country at the level that it is right now.

And also just look at the human side of why people leave their homes. And it is not that simple. It is never their first choice, and it is often the difficulties that they face that push them out of their houses. And, you know, for me personally, when, when, when, when we, when we their, when we their, when we their, when we their,that they face that push them out of their houses. And you know, for me personally, when we were leaving Swat Valley, our hometown, that was because there was, it was not safe to stay there. Our lives were at risk. And we did not know where we were going, we did not know for how long, but we knew that we could not stay there.

There was no more choice but to leave our homes. Right. One of the reasons to buy this book is because of the stories that are truly amazing and well-written. Another reason is because the proceeds go to an amazing cause, and that is to your foundation, which focuses on education. Why did you specifically choose that? Why is the Malala Fund specifically going after education of all the thingss thuuuuu thiiiii thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to buy to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theate the the the the the that the to buy to buy that to buy that? Why is the Malala

Fund specifically going after education of all the things that you could have done? Well firstly because I remember the time when my own education was banned by his extremist group called the Taliban and and I remember waking up up I think 10 years ago, exactly 10 years ago. It was the month of January 2009 and I woke up one morning and girl education was completely banned and no girl was allowed to go to school. And I realized that my future was taken away from me. My dreams were taken away from me.

I was just limited to the house. I could not go and learn. I could not go and become a doctor or a teacher or an engineer, and for many girls, the only way towards empowerment is learning and is getting their education, doing a job, and then standing on their own two feet. So for me, it is, education is crucial for every girl's empowerment. But also the fact that if half of the population of the world does not get education, if they are not empowered, then the world is losing. The world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, the world, their, thiiuiui, thi, thi, thi, thirty, thirty, thirty, thirty, their, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, thi, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, and, is, is, and, and I.a, and I.a, and I will, and I will, and I'ma.a.a.a.a.a. And, their, their, their, their, their, their, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, empowered, then the world is losing. We all are losing. So education is crucial for me, especially the education of women, because when we educate women, this allows us to grow economies. Educating all girls up to secondary level would add up to $30 trillion to the world economy.

It helps us to tackle climate change. It helps us reduce poverty, fight against early child marriages, the cultural norms and traditions that are out there that are discriminating women, it has so many advantages. And I was one of the victims and I was one of those girls, and I know that it is crucial for all girls to go and learn and also the benefits that education brings to the world as well. And refugees, children's education is equally important, especially the young girls who, oftentimes in the refugee camps,

they are forced to get married. For instance, in Lebanon, like 41% of the recedent refugee girls get married before the age of 18. So that's why we started Malala Fund. And the work is focused on the education of Gulls, especially complete education, not just primary, but complete primary and secondary education, safe and quality education to ensure that. And for that we invest in local leaders and local educators. And for instance, like in Lebanon, one of our activists is going out and talking to the girls' parents and

the local religious leaders and convincing them to send their daughters to school or one of our activists is using this digital device that works in the absence of electricity and internet to educate girls in the refugee camps. In Brazil, we have activists in Pakistan, we have activists who are reaching out and doing work at the local level. It's amazing having you on the show. You continue to inspire us. You make us realize how trash we are as human beings.

And I appreciate everything you do. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We are displaced. We'll be available January 8th, as you learn more about Malala Fund, please visit Malala. the Nobel Prize winner, Malala You're Such.

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