ISLAMABAD , Pakistan ( CNN ) -- Tuba Sahaab looks nothing like a warrior . She is a slight girl of 11 , living in a simple home in a suburb of Islamabad . But in Tuba 's case , looks are deceiving . `` I want to give peace to my nation , '' Tuba Sahaab says , `` I will fight for it . '' With her pen , Tuba is taking on the swords of the Taliban . She crafts poems telling of the pain and suffering of children just like her ; girls banned from school , their books burned , as the hard-core Islamic militants spread their reign of terror across parts of Pakistan . A stanza of one of her poems reads : `` Tiny drops of tears , their faces like angels , Washed with blood , they sleep forever with anger . '' Tuba is not afraid to express her views . Of the Taliban forcing young girls out of the classroom , she says : `` This is very shocking to hear that girls ca n't go to school , they are taking us back to the Stone Age . '' Less than two hours from Tuba 's home , the Taliban have control . The one-time holiday destination of the Swat Valley is now a no-go zone . Curfews are in place at all times . Militants kill with impunity . Human rights activists and people on the ground in Swat Valley speak of a place called `` slaughter square '' where the Taliban leave the bodies of their victims with notes saying `` do not remove for 24 hours . '' No one touches the corpses out of fear of reprisals . Watch Tuba recite her poetry » . Tuba Sahaab refuses to be silent . As young as she is , she is wise and brave beyond her years . The young school girl is reaching a bigger audience , regularly appearing in the media . On the day we spend with her , Tuba and her mother appear on a talk radio program . Back home , she tells me how she would give her life for her country . `` I want to give peace to my nation , '' she says , `` I will fight for it . '' And Tuba has an inspiration : U.S. President Barack Obama . She prayed for his elections , she says . She sees in him the hope of peace in her own country . Tuba Sahaab has a dream to meet her hero . She can hardly contain her excitement . `` I want to go the White Palace and show him my poems , show him what is happening and ask him to come to Pakistan and control it because he is a super power . '' Meeting and listening to Tuba Sahaab , it is easy to forget she is still a young girl . In her playground at school , Tuba dances and laughs with her friends . She loves writing her short stories ( she has already published one book ) and shows me a cartoon character she has created called `` Tomato Man . '' Tuba 's parents are proud of their daughter . They say they are not afraid even as she speaks out so publicly against the Taliban . Tuba is their only child but as her mother tells me , she is `` worth more than seven sons and seven daughters . '' And Tuba has the dreams of any young child . She tells me she wants to be an astronaut and then one day lead her country . `` I will do anything , if my life goes I do n't worry , I just want to do something . '' `` I think you will get the chance , '' I say . `` Yes , if someone gives me the chance you will see what I can do . '' Of that , I have no doubt .
With her pen , 11-year-old Pakistani Tuba Sahaab takes on the swords of the Taliban . She crafts poems on children in Pakistan oppressed by hard-core Islamic militants . Hide Caption 1 of 10 Photos: Refusing to be silent , despite the danger , she regularly speaks out in the media .