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Born
She was born on 12 July 1997,in Pakistan's Swat Valley.
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Blogs for the BBC under the name Gul Makai
Abdul Hai Kakkar, a BBC reporter in Pakistan, asks Malala’s father if he knows someone who would write about life under the Taliban. At this time, the Taliban is imposing their rule across the country, banning women from a variety of activities including shopping and education. When the original blogger backs out, Malala takes her place. She was -
Taliban issues edict against education
The Taliban becomes increasingly violent, blowing up over a 100 girls school. They annonced an edict that no girl would go to school after 15 Jnauary 2009. She writes that she prepares to continue her exams. -
Contributes to the show Capital Talk
Malala uses the show to speak out against the Taliban’s decision to prevent women from accessing education. -
Taliban lifts edict on women attending school
The local Taliban leader Maulana Fazlulla announces on his FM radio station that he is lifting the ban on women’s education; girls are allowed to attend school if they wear burquas -
Last blog entries
Malala’s last few blog entries are about being back at school with her friends and papers she had submitted -
Leaves her home
The second battle of Swat brings the Pakistani Army to Malala’s home. The family is separated and she is sent to live with relatives. It’s around this time that The New York Times reporter Adam B Ellick approached Malala and her father about a documentary -
Meets Richard Holbrooke
In early July 2009, the prime minister announces that the families could return to their homes in the Swat Valley. Malala is reunited with her family and begins the journey home. On their way they meet a group of activists that had been invited to see US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke. Malala makes a request for educational help -
Revelations that she is the blogger
The BBC never reveals who the blogger from Pakistan was, but her identity is slowly released thanks to increasing publicity -
Nominated for International Children’s Peace Prize at age 13
Malala is nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize of KidsRights Foundation. The nomination by Archbishop Desmond Tutu reads, “Malala dared to stand up for herself and other girls and used national and international media to let the world know girls should also have the right to go to school -
Wins Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani awards her the National Peace Award for Youth. At the ceremony, Malala says that she hopes to begin a national party of her own to promote education -
Attack on Malala’s life makes headlines around the world
The Taliban decides to kill Malala as her story gains reach. A Taliban gunman shoots Malala as she rides home after taking an exam. Two other girls are also wounded in the shooting -
I am Malala petition
UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown starts a petition to support Malala’s dream. With the slogan “I am Malala”, the petition aimed to ensure that every child would be in school by 2015 -
Runner up for the 2012 TIME Person of the Year
TIME nominates Malala for their Person of the Year in 2012. She is named runner-up -
Malala speaks at the UN
On Malala Day, her 16th birthday, Malala gives her first public speech since the shooting. Her message was: “Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons -
Nobel Prize
Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize -
Releases her book
Malala Yousafzai’s autobiography titled “I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” tells the story of her being shot by the Taliban. -
Malala awarded Nobel Prize for Peace
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 was awarded to Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education -
Her First Speech
Malala gave her first speech at the local press club in Peshwar.the speech is titled "HHow dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"
she was 11
