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CHILHOOD
She is child of Ziauddin Yousafzai and his wife Toorpekai Yousafzai; she has two younger brothers. Her family ran a chain of schools. Her father, an educational activist, taught her Pashto, English and Urdu. Her father sensed early on that there was something special about Malala and encouraged her to think and express herself freely. -
BIRTH AND FAMILY
She was born in the 12 of july of 1997 in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan. She is the daughter of Ziauddin Yousafzai and Tor Pekai Yousafzai. -
BEGINNING
Inspired by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Yousafzai started speaking about education rights as early as September 2008, when her father took her to Peshawar to speak at the local press club."How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?", Yousafzai asked her audience in a speech covered by newspapers and television channels throughout the region. -
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HER BLOG
Malala Yousafzai was only 11 years old when she started writing for the BBC a blog about life in the Swat Valley, two years after the Talibans came to power and ordered girls' schools to close. -
SHOT BY THE TALIBAN
On October 9, 2012, when 15 year old Malala was riding a bus with friends on their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus 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. -
I´M MALALA
That year, she published her first book, an autobiography entitled “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.” -
MALALA DAY
At Malala Yousafzai’s 2013 speech at the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pronounced July 12th – Yousafzai's birthday – 'Malala Day' in honor of the young leader’s activism to ensure education for all children. “Malala chose to mark her 16th birthday with the world,” said Ban. “No child should have to die for going to school. Nowhere should teachers fear to teach or children fear to learn. Together, we can change the picture.” -
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
In October 2014, at age 17 Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. -
RETURN TO PAKISTAN
She returned to her home country of Pakistan for the first time since she was shot in the head by Taliban militants in 2012. When she was 20 years old.
