At the age of eleven she stated "...If the new generation is not given pens, they will be given guns by the terrorists...."

Malala is amazing. Pakistan has every reason to be proud of her. A sincere gratitude to Great Britain of insuring her return of health. Malala could be the next Benazir Bhutto. With a generation of young people this committed to peace and a better life is there any doubt there is hope to rid the region of criminals and militias?

Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousufzai, 15, is recovering in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in Pakistan for advocating education for girls

...Malala Yousufzai (click here) also posed for photos in her hospital bed showing her awake and snuggling with a white teddy bear.

"She is doing well. In fact, she is standing 

"She is doing very well. In fact, she is standing with some help for the first time this morning when I went into see her," said Dr. David Rosser, the medical director of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England.

"She is communicating very freely, she is writing," he said.

Malala can't speak because she has a tracheotomy tube that was necessary because her airway was swollen by the bullet wound, Rosser said. But the girl the Taliban tried to silence may be able to speak again in a few days....