MINGORA, Pakistan: In Malala Yousafzai’s home town in Pakistan, schoolfriends hope to see her win the Nobel Peace Prize this week—but they dream in secret, under pressure from a society deeply ambivalent about the teenage activist.

Malala, who survived being shot by the Taliban on October 9 last year, has become a global ambassador for education, feted by celebrities and politicians around the Western world.

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