Writing under the pen-name Gul Makai, she exposed the suffering caused by the militants and particularly focused on her attempts to continue her education.

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Using the pen-name Gul Makai, she wrote about suffering caused by militants who had taken control of the Swat Valley in 2007 and ordered girls' schools to close.

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She used the pen-name Gul Makai when writing the diary.

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The name itself is a pen-name.

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Pro-DPP Taipei political commentator Wang Hsing-ching (pen name Nan Fang-shuo), however, believes that Mr Su and the DPP's forte does not lie in foreign affairs.

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Malala wondered on her blog if she should adopt a pen name -- Gul Makai.

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The 22-year-old who would rather be identified by his pen name than his real one (Yume-Hotaru means "Dreaming Firefly" in Japanese) started composing the novel on his cell phone in 2007.

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If a pen name is supposed to demonstrate reticence to self-exposure, John Cheese missed the memo.

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There's also a co-story credit for one Edmond Dantes, the pen name affected by John Hughes for his lesser work, some of which sat on a shelf for years.

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On the second day, when Antoniello asked her to name some simple objects in her hospital room -- a pen, glasses, a watch -- she could not utter the words.

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