Malala Yousafzi and Greta Thunberg — two of the most iconic young women in activism of the last 10 years — got to hang out. Malala, who began her career advocating for girls’ education in Pakistan and became a global sensation, took to social media to share a pic with Greta, the Swedish teen whose school strike helped propel the youth climate justice movement into a new and brighter spotlight.
In an Instagram post on Tuesday, February 25, Malala wrote a simple “thank you” with a pic of the duo sitting side-by-side and smiling on a park bench in winter gear. On Twitter, Malala even cracked a joke, saying that despite her life’s work being a firm insistence on girls having a place in the classroom, Greta is “the only friend I’d skip school for.”
She’s the only friend I’d skip school for. pic.twitter.com/uP0vwF2U3K
— Malala (@Malala) February 25, 2020
Greta also posted pics of them together, writing on Twitter and Instagram, “So… today I met my role model. What else can I say?”
So… today I met my role model. What else can I say? @Malala pic.twitter.com 7GnXUngov
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 25, 2020