U.S. President
Barack Obama found the attack "reprehensible, disgusting and tragic",
[67] while
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Yousafzai had been "very brave in standing up for the rights of girls" and that the attackers had been "threatened by that kind of empowerment".
[68]
American singer
Madonna dedicated her song "
Human Nature" to Yousafzai at a concert in Los Angeles the day of the attack,
[70]as well had a temporary Malala tattoo on her back.
[71] American actress
Angelina Jolie wrote an article about explaining the event to her children and answering questions like "Why did those men think they needed to kill Malala?"
[72] Jolie later donated $200,000 to The Malala Fund
[73] for girls education.
[74] Former
First Lady of the United States Laura Bush wrote an op-ed piece in
The Washington Post in which she compared Yousafzai to
Holocaust diarist
Anne Frank.
[75]