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The story of an education advocate
Meet Muzon, the Syrian Malala and Malala Yousafzai.
Muzon Almellehan | Educate A Girl, Spark Hope
Muzon has been hailed as Syria's answer to Malala.
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Muzoon Almellehan
Malala Yousafzai at her Nobel Prize award ceremony.
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The story of an education advocate
In the middle of ninth grade, Muzon Almellehan fled escalating violence in Dara’a, Syria, to join the earliest wave of refugees that fanned out into the region. While living in refugees camps in Jordan, she watched as girls her age dropped out of camp schools to become child brides. One by one, she approached the parents of these girls to advocate for the value of education, working to shift mindsets of the rights of the most marginalized girls—she became a UNICEF ambassador while finishing secondary school. “Without education I cannot achieve anything in life and I cannot achieve my dreams,” she said in an interview at the Skoll World Forum. “Education can guide us to the right path and give us hope. I believe in the Syrian children—we are strong enough to rebuild our country ourselves.” Transcript