Overview
- Yousafzai recounted trying a bong at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall, blacking out, and being carried back to her room as vivid flashbacks of the shooting flooded back.
- She said her brain had erased the attack from memory after she awoke from a coma in 2012, making the resurfacing images especially destabilizing.
- The experience triggered anxiety, insomnia, and panic attacks, which she worked through with a therapist while juggling university pressures.
- Anticipating criticism in Pakistan over the cannabis admission, she said she is prepared for backlash and will not issue a defensive statement.
- Ahead of her Oct. 21 memoir Finding My Way, she also criticizes Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron, and Justin Trudeau over 2021 Afghan evacuations, credits Erna Solberg, Hillary Clinton, and Lolwah al‑Khater for assistance, and discusses her marriage and new venture Recess.