five years ago they were separated after they fled yemen together and havent seen each other since yousafzai met zaynab in 2015 and said her resilience is inspiring yousafzai 21 tells the true stories of refugees she has met in her new book we are displaced lou rocco abc more the view reacts to kid rocks insult of joy behar instead she aims to show theyre courageous theyre brave theyre overcoming these difficulties so we have a lot to learn from these young girls yousafzai 21 tells the true stories of refugees she has met in her new book we are displaced more after ellen interview the view says kevin hart needs to improve on his apology if he should host the oscars she highlights the story of two sisters zaynab now 23 and sabreen now 21 yousafzai gained international attention after she was shot in the head in 2012 in an assassination attempt for her advocacy work that focused on educating girls in pakistan yousafzai explained she wasnt highlighting these girls stories to portray them as victims in 2014 she received the nobel peace prize at the age of 17 in spite of those difficulties she said zaynab is doing amazing in her academics shes also leading a soccer team and she is inspiring other refugee girls as well to dream big sabreens visa was rejected and she has been living in europe after the shooting yousafzai was hospitalized in birmingham england where she has been living ever since she also spoke about difficulty when you come to a new country and you want to achieve your dreams achieve your goals in your life the youngestever nobel prize laureate malala yousafzai spoke to the women of the view about refugees on monday saying that we have a lot to learn from these young girls who have been displaced around the world and are seeking a better life zaynab was granted a us visa moved to minneapolis and was able to reunite with her mother after 14 years apart