Malala defends the headscarf

In her recent interview with Vogue Magazine, Malala went on to make an imperative point as a Muslim woman and said, “I wear it more when I’m outside and in public. At home, it’s fine. If I’m with friends, it’s fine.” The headscarf, she explained, is about more than her Muslim faith. “It’s a cultural symbol for us Pashtuns, so it represents where I come from. And Muslim girls or Pashtun girls or Pakistani girls, when we follow our traditional dress, we’re considered to be oppressed, or voiceless, or living under patriarchy. I want to tell everyone that you can have your own voice within your culture, and you can have equality in your culture.”