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TORONTO, ON - APRIL, 22 Maria Toorpakai, once the little girl who dressed as a boy in Pakistan to feed her passion for sport and became the country's no. 1 squash player. She was thrown into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban. She now lives in Riverdale in Toronto to pursue her dream of a world championship and raising her voice for oppressed women across the globe and her life story, 'A Different Kind of Daughter' is due out in early May. (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

TORONTO, ON - APRIL, 22  Maria Toorpakai, once the little girl who dressed as a boy in Pakistan to feed her passion for sport and became the country's no. 1 squash player. She was thrown  into the national spotlight and the crosshairs of the Taliban. She now lives in Riverdale in Toronto to pursue her dream of a world championship and raising her voice for oppressed women across the globe and her life story, 'A Different Kind of Daughter' is due out in early May.        (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images)