Malala Yousafzai

Birth Name:

Malala Yousafzai

Birth Place:

Mingora, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan

Profession

Producer, Writer, Actress

Nominated for the 2011 International Children's Peace Prize by Desmond Tutu
Recipient of Pakistan's first-ever National Youth Peace Prize in December of 2011
Named the inspiration for the "I am Malala" education petition, started by former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown
Her father, Ziauddin, runs several schools within the Khushal public school system
Survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban on October 9th, 2012, after receiving a single gunshot wound to the head
Made her first public speech to the United Nations on her 16th birthday, later dubbed international Malala Day
Began speaking throughout her native country in 2008 after following her father, who is also an education activist
Began blogging anonymously in 2008 at 11-years-old for BBC on her day-to-day struggles while living in Swat Valley, one of the most dangerous places in the world that is under Taliban scrutiny
Forced to flee her hometown during the Second Battle of Swat, she would eventually be banned to return to school by local Taliban militants
Published her first memoir, I Am Malala, in October of 2013
Named after the Pashtun poet and warrior, Malalai of Maiwand

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