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Oct 7, 2013 · AFP. By Mishal Husain. BBC News. One year ago schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen - her "crime", to have spoken up for the right of girls to be educated. The...
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On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in Swat District after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt targeting her for her activism; the gunman fled the scene.
- Activist for female education
Oct 9, 2012 · A 14-year-old activist who campaigned for girls' education in Pakistan's Swat Valley was wounded by a Taliban gunman in 2012. The attack was a reminder of the militants' viciousness and the challenges the government faced in keeping the area free of insurgents.
In Malala Yousafzai: Shooting and Nobel Peace Prize …Times), Yousafzai coauthored a memoir, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (2013). She also wrote the picture book Malala’s Magic Pencil (2017), which was based on her childhood. In 2014 she became the youngest person to win the Liberty Medal,…
Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan and became an education activist at 11. She survived a Taliban attack in 2012 that left her with a bullet in her head and became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Nov 29, 2023 · Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani girls' education activist who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban at age 15 and became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014. Learn about her life, activism, books, awards, and more.
Malala Yousafzai is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 for her activism for girls' education. Learn about her life, her recovery, her work, and her Nobel Prize from this official biography by NobelPrize.org.
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