'I didn’t leave my country by choice, but I did return by choice.'

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The youngest Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, landed in Islamabad in the wee hours of March 28 this year, after spending nearly six years abroad.

Now, in her blog , Malala has opened up about her visit in an emotional ode to home.

Return of Malala: Swat welcomes its native daughter

"When I left Swat Valley, Pakistan on 9th October 2012, my eyes were closed. I woke up a week later in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Birmingham, UK — but in my mind I was still at home," she wrote.

Reminiscing about the morning she was shot by Taliban, the 20-year-old penned, "I remembered that morning. I was in my bedroom, finishing revision of my Pakistan Studies paper and praying to Allah that I would do well on my exam."

PHOTO: MALALA BLOG

"I remembered eating breakfast on the floor with my family, leaving my egg unfinished and rushing off to school.…