Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate, has announced a special scholarship for Palestinian students.
In an Instagram post, she stated, “This new scholarship will aim to ease financial obstacles for Palestinian students who aspire to study at Oxford. The first recipient of this scholarship will join this October.”
“We’ve all seen examples of young people in Gaza documenting their lives in real-time and calling the world to action. This initiative is not just a scholarship; it is a signal of our solidarity with these young Palestinians, whose voices and demands will continue to resonate across the globe,” she added.
Taking to social media, she also noted, “There can be no future for Gaza if its children have no place to live and learn safely. Today, more than 80% of Gaza’s schools and all universities have been damaged or destroyed.”
The Nobel Prize winner said that she would soon announce additional support for Palestinian-led organisations and humanitarian efforts, building on the more than $300,000 the Malala Fund has already committed to the cause in recent months.
Earlier, Malala faced criticism over her decision to co-produce a Broadway musical with former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. In the past, Clinton has defended Israel and argued against a complete ceasefire in Gaza in an op-ed for The Atlantic last November.
