identity Quotes

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.

I was born in St. Louis but lived there just for a few minutes in my life.

I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

I'm not becoming western; I am still following my Pashtun culture, and I'm wearing a shalvar kamiz, a dupatta on my head.

When someone tells me about Malala, the girl who was shot by the Taliban - that's my definition for her - I don't think she's me. Now I don't even feel as if I was shot. Even my life in Swat feels like a part of history or a movie I watched. Things change. God has given us a brain and a heart which tell us how to live.

I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.

I don't cover my face because I want to show my identity.

I'm not a character like Rapunzel or Cinderella; my story looks like any other.

My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.