# He Named Me Malala - documentary.  Why the title?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-named-me-malala-documentary-why-the-title/731460 "2015-09-16T12:19:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-named-me-malala-documentary-why-the-title/731460/24 "2017-04-11T15:05:43Z")

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It’s just not normal for a teen to be this driven and intense.

Every time I hear her name she’s being appointed to something. UN Messenger of Peace is the latest.

I raised two daughters. There were times I wished they took their futures more seriously. But not to this extreme.

Malala was shot almost 5 years ago (Oct. 2012). Since then she’s lived in a free country and free to study and grow into adulthood. But it seems she’s under enormous outside pressure to be a social activist at a young age.

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