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Malal is born
Born in Mingora, Pakistan.
Daughters are usually not appreciated in Pakistan, since they prefer boys. Luckily, her dad didn't have anything against it, and would fight for her to have the same rights as the boys. Source:
Author not listed, (n.d.) Malala's Story. https://malala.org/malalas-story. -
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From birth to recent news
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The Taliban takes over Swat Valley
The taliban took over her village and inforced strict rules.
No more tv, radio, or music. Followed by a ban on education for girls and women. Source:
Author not listed, (n.d.) Malala's Story. https://malala.org/malalas-story. -
Malala starts writing through the BBC website
She starts writing "Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl", writing the entries by hand, before handing them over to a local BBC reporter. Going under the penname "Gul Makai". She wrote short paragaphs, but also worte frequently. Sources:
Children's Museum Indianatropolis. (N.D). 10 Memorable Facts about Malala Yousafzai.
https://shorturl.at/56Z4K BBC News. (2009, January, 5). Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl.
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Malala gets shot
Later on the ban lifts slightly, allowing her to go to school.
On the way home from school, an armed man from the Taliban stop her school bus and ask, "Who is Malala?" Shooting her on the left side of her head. Source:
Yousafzai and Lamb. (n.d). I am Malala. https://www.britannica.com/topic/I-Am-Malala. -
Publishes "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban"
Malala co-writes her autobiography with Cristina Lamb. Telling about her life and what happened to her. The book gets published, and this is the title:
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Kilde:
Childrens Museum Indianapolis. (July 2024). 10 Facts about Malala.
https://www.childrensmuseum.org/stories/10-facts-about-malala-yousafzai#:~:text=She%20was%20just%2011%20years,read%20her%20first%20entries%20here. -
Receives Nobel Peace Prize
She became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at just 17 years old. She earned it though her efforts to give girls access to education. Source:
Malala Fund. (N.D). "Malalas Story".
https://malala.org/malalas-story Childrens Museum Indiantropolis. (July, 2024). "10 Facts about Malala"
https://www.childrensmuseum.org/stories/10-facts-about-malala-yousafzai#:~:text=She%20was%20just%2011%20years,read%20her%20first%20entries%20here. -
Malala in space
NASA names a commet orbiting between the Mars, Jupiter and the sun after her: 316201 Malala. Source:
NASA. (April 15. 2015). "Astroid Named for Nobel Prize Winner Joins Historic Lineup"
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/asteroid-named-for-nobel-prize-winner-joins-historic-lineup/