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Malala Yousafzai joins Twitter after graduating from secondary school

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Malala Yousafzai tweets for the first time after graduating secondary school

Women's rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai has graduated from secondary school and she turned to Twitter to commemorate her last day of class.

On Twitter, Yousafzai shared her plan to meet girls in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America with her Girl Power Trip program.

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