Malala Yousafzai
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1997 –
Who is Malala Yousafzai?
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She is known for her activism for rights to education and for women, especially in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. In early 2009, at the age of 11–12, Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their attempts to take control of the valley, and her views on promoting education for 22 girls. The following summer, a New York Times documentary by journalist Adam B. Ellick was filmed about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in the Second Battle of Swat. Yousafzai rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by South African activist Desmond Tutu.
In the afternoon of Tuesday, 9 October 2012, Malala boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat. A gunman asked for Malala by name, then pointed a Colt 45 at her and fired three shots.
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- Born
- Jul 12, 1997
Mingora - Also known as
- Gul Makai
- ملاله یوسفزۍ
- Parents
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Ethnicity
- Pashtun
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Profession
- Education
- Edgbaston High School
(2013 - )
- Edgbaston High School
- Lived in
- Birmingham
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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