MALALA YOUSAFZAI
fought a tough and ambitious battle for the right to education: Malala Yousafzai.
At the age of 17, Malala received the Nobel Peace Prize, thanks to her courageous commitment to the right to education, denied to women in her home country of Pakistan by an edict of the Taliban.
In 2012, on her way home from school, a man shot her in the head, but she managed to survive after being treated in England. Despite constant threats, Malala continues to carry on her battle with tenacity, so that the right to education becomes truly universal.
Nobel Prize
Malala's story
Facts
| book |
year |
place |
| I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for education |
2013 |
Northen Pakistan |
| Malala's Magic Pencil |
2017 |
Swat,Pakistan |
did you know?
- Yousafzai has no memory of the shooting that made her so well known.
- Some in Pakistan disapprove of Yousafzai because of her association with the West or her ideas about how women should act.
- Yousafzai not only loves cricket but also plays it, which is unusual for a Pakistani girl.
notables works
- I Am Malala
- Malala's magic pen
- We Are Displaced
Do you agree with her thoughts?