justinbieber Via Instagram Justin Bieber FaceTimes with Malala Yousafzai, in a photo he posted to Instagram. 
 
 She's an international champion for girls' education rights who overcame a harrowing attack from Taliban forces in Pakistan. 
 
 He's a Canadian pop star with hits like "Baby," a legion of young fans and several run-ins with the law. 
 
 Justin Bieber is apparently aiming high in his efforts to woo yet another girl. The singer posted a photo of himself using FaceTime to video chat with activist Malala Yousafzai. 
 
 "She has such an incredible story," Bieber, 20, wrote on Instagram Wednesday. 
 
 "I can't wait to meet her in person and talk about how I can support her and the@malalafund. #love" 
 
 Araya Diaz / Getty/Taylor Hill / FilmMagic The ‘All That Matters’ singer (l.) is apparently teaming up with the education activist’s Malala Fund. 
 
 The pop star didn't give any more indication into how he got to chat with Yousafzai, 17, or what the pair will be partnering on, but his apparent interest in global affairs comes on the heels of another petty scandal involving the "Boyfriend" singer. 
 
 Just last week Bieber was embroiled in an alleged scuffle with actor Orlando Bloom, over charges that he'd been romantic with Bloom's ex-wife, model Miranda Kerr. 
 
 The "All That Matters" singer delivered Bloom a low blow when he posted photos of Kerr, 31, to his Instagram — and posted a photo of Bloom apparently crying. Both photos have since been taken down. 
 
 Yousafzai, on the other hand, has been busy promoting her cause — sending girls to school all over the world through the Malala Fund — most recently in light of the kidnapped Nigerian school girls and Africa Summit. ||||| In a rather unexpected move, pop icon Justin Bieber took some time out from breaking the law and getting into altercations with Orlando Bloom to Facetime with youth activist Malala Yousufzai, who survived an assassination attempt by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in 2012. 
 
 Yousafzai was just 15 when she was shot in the head while returning from school in Mingora, Pakistan, in October 2012. She had angered the fundamentalist group by writing about life under the Taliban for the BBC, and arguing that girls should be allowed to pursue an education. 
 
 Bieber expressed a desire to help Malala's cause and meet the young activist in person. 
 
 On Facebook, he shared a badly cropped photo of the chat, and wrote: 
 
 ` ||||| Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) Nearly six years after a brutal attack left her on the verge of death, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan. 
 
 Yousafzai, 20, gave an emotional, heartfelt speech on her return to her country of birth, where she is still under threat of violence. 
 
 "I'm not very old but I've seen a lot," she said following a meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. 
 
 "I couldn't control what happened, if it was my choice I wouldn't have left my country at all. I had no choice, I had to leave for my life." 
 
 In a speech in which she often had to pause for tears, the activist hailed the fact "more than 6 million dollars" has been invested on education in Pakistan in recent years, adding she hoped "we all join hands for the betterment of Pakistan for our future, to empower our women so they can earn and stand on their own two feet." 
 
 Abbasi said he was "so happy that our child who has earned so much fame internationally has come home." 
 
 "You represent us in the world and especially of the youth and girls and the work you've done for education of girls," he said. "It is our dream and prayers that you are successful, our prayers with you. Welcome home Malala!" 
 
 The car carrying Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafza and her father leaves for Prime Minister House Thursday, March 29. 
 
 Surprise trip 
 
 Yousafzai arrived at Benazir Bhutto International Airport flanked by heavy security in the early hours of Thursday morning, CNN affiliate Geo TV reported. 
 
 News of her surprise arrival made instant headlines in Pakistan, where many see Malala as a hero, but others consider her an agitator who should be silenced. 
 
 From a young age, Yousafzai was an advocate for girls education, writing online about the intimidation efforts of the Pakistani Taliban in Swat Valley, in the country's north. 
 
 Each time we meet is a pleasure, but today was emotional, unique and symbolic. Love this photo I got of @Malala on a happy and memorable day and one she has looked forward to #MalalaYousafzai #MalalaInPakistan #MalalaComesHome #Hope pic.twitter.com/048sqN8nUW — Samar MinAllah Khan (@SamarMinallahKh) March 29, 2018 
 
 In 2012, when she was 14, a member of the militant group shot Yousafzai and her classmates as they sat in a school bus in Mingora in Pakistan's Swat Valley. 
 
 Two suffered nonlethal injuries, but bullets struck Malala in the head and neck, leaving her in a critical condition. 
 
 Severely wounded, Yousafzai was taken by helicopter from one military hospital in Pakistan to another, where doctors placed her in a medically induced coma so an air ambulance could fly her to Great Britain for treatment. 
 
 Little more than a week after being shot, Yousafzai got back on her feet again, able to stand when leaning on a nurse's arm at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England. 
 
 The Taliban released a statement saying that they would target her again if she survived. 
 
 Global figure 
 
 Yousafzai's ordeal captured attention worldwide and created a wave of goodwill toward her and her cause. 
 
 The United Nations launched a campaign for girls' education named "I am Malala," which former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown guided as special envoy on global education. And it declared November 10 Malala Day -- a day of action to focus on "Malala and the 32 million girls like Malala not at school." 
 
 Yousafzai founded the Malala Fund, which invests in local educational initiatives for girls in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Kenya, and in Jordan, where it focuses on Syrian refugees. 
 
 Congratulations to students at KKF Model School in Shangla on your first day! I was proud to give my @NobelPrize money to help build this school for girls in my home community. Thank you @MalalaFund, @Aman_Foundation, @TheBigHeartUAE & @susanmccaw. pic.twitter.com/HF4vsSdNpp — Malala (@Malala) March 15, 2018 
 
 In 2014, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Kailash Satyarthi for activism on behalf of children's rights. 
 
 She began studying at Oxford University in the UK last year, but in her most recent public interview, she told talk show host David Letterman about how she missed "the rivers and mountains" of her home in Swat Valley and all she wanted was for her "feet to touch the ground of home." 
 
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 'She defeated fear' 
 
 In her hometown of Mingora, locals were excited to hear of Yousafzai's return to Pakistan, saying they hoped she would make the 250-kilometer (155-mile) trip from Islamabad to visit them in the Swat Valley. 
 
 "She should have come back much earlier, we welcome her, she is the pride of the world, why wouldn't she be ours as well?" said Niaz Ahmed, a friend of Malala's father. 
 
 "Her courage is an example for education in a place called Swat. She defeated fear in Swat." 
 
 Faryal Niaz, a 16-year-old student at the Khushal Model School, where Yousafzai studied before she was shot, said Malala was her idol. 
 
 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai poses on stage in Birmingham, England, after she was announced as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, October 10, 2014. Two years earlier, she was shot in the head by the Taliban for her efforts to promote education for girls in Pakistan. Since then, after recovering from surgery, she has taken her campaign to the world stage. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala and her family visit the United Nations headquarters in New York before meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in August. Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala speaks during the Commonwealth Day observance service at Westminster Abbey in London. Malala has lived in Britain since the Taliban attack. Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala speaks at a youth empowerment event at London's Wembley Arena in March. Hide Caption 4 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala gives a copy of her book to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a reception at Buckingham Palace in October 2013. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala addresses students and faculty of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after receiving the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award in September 2013. Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Queen Rania of Jordan presents Malala with the Leadership in Civil Society Award at the Clinton Global Citizen Awards ceremony in New York in September 2013. Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Musician Bono, right, and Salil Shetty, the secretary general of Amnesty International, honor Malala with the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award at the Manison House in Dublin, Ireland, in September 2013. The award is Amnesty International's highest honor, recognizing individuals who have promoted and enhanced the cause of human rights. Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala receives a trophy from Yemeni civil rights activist Tawakkol Karman after being honored with the International Children's Peace Prize in The Hague, Netherlands, in September 2013. Karman was one of the Nobel Peace Prize winners in 2011. Hide Caption 9 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala receives the 25th International Prize of Catalonia in July 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. The award recognizes those who have contributed to the development of cultural, scientific and human values around the world. Hide Caption 10 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala is applauded before she speaks at the United Nations Youth Assembly in New York on July 12, 2013, her 16th birthday. "They thought that the bullets would silence us, but they failed," she said. "And then, out of that silence, came thousands of voices." Hide Caption 11 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala was one of seven people featured on the cover of Time magazine's 100 most influential people edition in April 2013. Hide Caption 12 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala returns to school at Edgbaston High School for Girls in Birmingham, England, on March 19, 2013. She said she had "achieved her dream." Hide Caption 13 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Malala recovers after receiving treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham on October 19, 2012. Doctors covered the large hole in her skull with a titanium plate. The teen suffered no major brain or nerve damage, and she even kept the piece of her skull that was removed as a souvenir of her fight. Hide Caption 14 of 15 Photos: Malala Yousafzai Pakistani hospital workers carry Malala on a stretcher on October 9, 2012, after she was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban in Mingora, Pakistan. Hide Caption 15 of 15 
 
 "When girls like us go to school in Swat the only reason is Malala Yousafza," she told CNN. 
 
 Teacher Fazal Khaliq said people hadn't expected Malala to return for many more years, and would welcome her visit. 
 
 "Malala should come back again and again. She's only completed one school and we hope that she works on more schools in Swat. I feel like today is Eid," he said, referring to the religious holiday.
– She could use the publicity for her cause, and he could use some press that doesn't involve fighting over girls or inadvertently fending off bear attacks. Which might explain this weird FaceTime pairing spotted by Pakistan's Dawn.com: Justin Bieber and teen activist Malala Yousafzai. In a Facebook post last night, Bieber writes that they connected via video chat: "Just got to FaceTime with Malala Yousafzai. She has such an incredible story. I can't wait to meet her in person and talk about how I can support her and the Malala Fund." The Daily News notes that Malala has been working to drum up publicity for her fund, aimed at educating girls around the world.