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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban at age 15 in retaliation for her advocacy work. She continues to promote education for girls through public speaking, writing an autobiography, and winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, becoming the youngest recipient. Her goal is to see every child receive an education despite threats to her safety.

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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban at age 15 in retaliation for her advocacy work. She continues to promote education for girls through public speaking, writing an autobiography, and winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, becoming the youngest recipient. Her goal is to see every child receive an education despite threats to her safety.

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If I win Nobel Peace Prize, it would be a great opportunity for me, but if I don't get it, it's not important because my goal is
not to get Nobel Peace Prize, my goal is to get peace and my goal is to see the education of every child.
Malala Yousafzai
Synopsis
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a child, she became an advocate for girls' education, which
resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home
from school. She survived, and has continued to speak out on the importance of education. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace
Prize in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated again and won, becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Early Life
On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley. For the first few years of
her life, her hometown remained a popular tourist spot that was known for its summer festivals. However, the area began to change
as the Taliban tried to take control.

Initial Activism
Yousafzai attended a school that her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in
Swat, Malala gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away
my basic right to education?"

In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order to
hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year.

With a growing public platform, Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her
activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. That same year, she was awarded Pakistan's
National Youth Peace Prize.

Targeted by the Taliban


When she was 14, Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her. Though Malala was
frightened for the safety of her fatheran anti-Taliban activistshe and her family initially felt that the fundamentalist group would
not actually harm a child.

On October 9, 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was riding in and demanded to know which girl
was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the
left side of her head; the bullet then traveled down her neck. Two other girls were also injured in the attack.

The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was
removed to treat her swelling brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England.

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After the Attack
Once she was in the United Kingdom, Yousafzai was taken out of a medically induced coma. Though she would require multiple
surgeriesincluding repair of a facial nerve to fix the paralyzed left side of her faceshe had suffered no major brain damage. In
March 2013, she was able to begin attending school in Birmingham.

The shooting resulted in a massive outpouring of support for Yousafzai, which continued during her recovery. She gave a speech at
the United Nations on her 16th birthday, in 2013. She has also written an autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for

Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, which was released in October 2013. Unfortunately, the Taliban still considers Yousafzai a
target.

Despite the Taliban's threats, Yousafzai remains a staunch advocate for the power of education. On October 10, 2013, in
acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of
Thought. That same year, she was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. She didn't win the prize, but was named a
nominee again in March 2014. In August of the same year, Leanin.Org held a live chat on Facebook with Sheryl
Sandberg and Yousafzai about the importance of education for girls around the world. She talked about her story, her
inspiration and family, her plans for the future and advocacy, and she answered a variety of inquiries from the social
networks users.

In October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In congratulating Yousafzai, Pakistani
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said: She is (the) pride of Pakistan, she has made her countrymen proud. Her
achievement is unparalleled and unequaled. Girls and boys of the world should take lead from her struggle and
commitment." U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as "a brave and gentle advocate of peace who
through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher.

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