Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday shared a picture of her with Somaya Faruqi, an Afghan student and engineer, in which she can be seen practicing her speech for her address at the United Nations General Assembly session scheduled in New York.
Taking to picture-sharing app, Instagram, Malala wrote: “The sweetest practice session ahead of today’s #UNGeneralAssembly.”
The post further read introduced Somaya stating that she will speak in front of world leaders, along with Malala, Vanessa Nakate, and Ukrainian student Yelizaveta Posivynch, and “highlight the barriers that keep girls from learning”.