There is disappointment in all parts of the world that Malala Yousafzai did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. The award went instead to a technical body, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, charged with dismantling the biological weapons in Syria. A worthy undertaking, but as critics are pointing out, the OPCW hasn’t done that yet. As to Malala, many thougthful admirers of this girl-woman hope that the great expectations that attend her future are tempered with time enough for her to grow. Mature as she is, Malala probably needs an opportunity to permit her years to catch up with her high aspirations. It is charming that she says she wishes to become Prime Minister of Pakistan, but few real politicians announce that goal in this teenage way. She is a courageous and moving figure. We can only hope that her dream of the liberation of women and girls in her homeland can come to full fruition. Guardian Was she snubbed?
