Elif Shafak pens her admiration for Malala Yousafzai's courage

The 'Forty Rules Of Love' writer recently met the Nobel Peace Prize laureate at Oxford

Renowned Turk-British writer, women's rights activist and essayist, Elif Shafak, recently uploaded a picture on her Instagram with Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai.

This was after she encountered the girl's education activist at Oxford, during her session at the University's Lady Margaret Hall. The writer spoke in front of a 'young and diverse audience,' among which she spotted Yousafzai.

The Forty Rules of Love writer took to Instagram and penned her admiration for the laureate's 'courage' and 'commitment to girls' education'.

"Yesterday I had a talk at Oxford University Lady Margaret Hall; there was a wonderfully engaged and young and diverse audience and among them how great it was to see and then meet Malala, whose courage and deep commitment to girls’ education I wholeheartedly salute and admire."

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Shafak writes in Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels, including 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, and Three Daughters of Eve.

Yousafzai, on the other hand, had recently met the young climate change activist, Greta Thunberg at Oxford on Tuesday as well. The two posed for a picture together while sitting on a bench with their arms around each other.

Uploaded on Yousafzai's Twitter, the post was captioned “she’s the only friend I’ll skip school for."

She’s the only friend I’d skip school for. pic.twitter.com/uP0vwF2U3K

— Malala Yousafzai (@Malala) February 25, 2020

Both women shot to worldwide fame after standing up for major global issues: climate change and women’s education.

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