AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan—Rich countries should spend less on weapons in the Syrian civil war and more on education, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Monday, calling world leaders “quite stingy” as she toured a camp for the conflict’s refugees.
Malala, a champion for girls’ education rights, was joined in Azraq camp by Mezon al-Melihan, a 17-year-old refugee who has been urging girls to stay in school. Malala and Mezon, an Azraq resident, walked hand-in-hand through the rows of white, prefabricated shelters that made up the camp, which is home to close to 20,000 refugees. The teens spoke to school girls, played on a swing set, and kicked around a soccer ball.
This is why we are here to ask world leaders to treat the rest of the world's children as their own children.
, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
