Nobel winner Malala graduates from Oxford

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Nobel winner Malala graduates from Oxford
Nobel Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai, who have moved to Britain after getting shot for campaigning for women' education in Pakistan, described her enjoyment on Friday in graduating from Oxford University.

Almost eight years immediately after she was attacked by the Taliban on her behalf school bus in the Swat Valley, the 22-year-old posted photos over Twitter of her celebrations with her family.

"Hard to express my delight and gratitude at the moment as I finished my Philosophy, Politics and Economics level at Oxford," she stated.

"I have no idea what's ahead. For now, it'll be Netflix, browsing and sleep."

The photographs show Malala covered in brightly coloured items of paper and foam - students tradition - and having a cake with her family, decorated with what "Happy Graduation Malala."

Malala primary rose to prominence aged just 11 with a good blog page for the BBC's Urdu-language services charting her life found in Swat under the Taliban.

She was shot in the top by a Taliban hitman in Oct 2012, and after being flown to Britain for life-saving treatment, the spouse and children settled in Birmingham, central England.

She was at university there when she heard in 2014 that she had won the Nobel Peace Prize along with Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi "for his or her struggle against the suppression of children and young persons and for the proper of all children to education."

The youngest ever Nobel laureate, she's continued to speak out for girls' education. - AFP
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