A look at Malala’s trip to Iraqi-Kurdistan in photos
The third stop on her Girl Power Trip.
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3 min readJul 17, 2017
Malala began her trip by visiting a camp for Mosul evacuees. There she met Nayir, a 13-year-old IDP who endured years of conflict in Mosul before fleeing with her family.
To ring in her birthday, Malala spent the evening at a local amusement. Mosul evacuee Nayir, her sister, Kurdish girls and Christian IDP girls joined her for the fun. Malala went on the ferris wheel, rode the carousel, drove bumper cars and ate cotton candy.
University of Mosul student Tahany told Malala about risking her life to salvage books from ISIS-destroyed library. To support the University of Mosul library’s efforts to rebuild its collection, Malala presented a donation of books on behalf of Malala Fund.
Last month, 16-year-old Kurdish teen Zuhdya sent Malala a Girl Power Trip postcard. During her trip to Kurdistan, Malala invited Zuhdya to meet her in person — Zuhdya said the evening was “one of the best of my life.”
Malala travelled to Dohuk where she met with Yazidi teens who refused child marriage and fled ISIS for a chance at their education.
Surrounded by books, Malala spent the afternoon with Syrian refugee scholarship students in Erbil’s Book Café. Malala left with a few pieces of advice for when she begins university.
Where will Malala be heading next? Sign up for updates on her Girl Power Trip.
Malala is on her global #GirlPowerTrip to meet with girls and amplify their stories. Each girl has a unique story to tell — and their voices are our most powerful weapons in the fight for education and equality.
