Introduction

Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997 into

a Sunni Muslim family.
Yousafzai was educated in large part by her
father.
His Father is a poet, school owner, and
an educational activist himself, running a
chain of schools known as the Khushal Public
School.
Introduction

She once stated to an interviewer that she would
like to become a doctor, though later her father
encouraged her to become a politician instead.
In early 2009, Malala began blogging for the BBC
about living under the Taliban's threats to deny
her an education. In order to hide her identity,
she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was
revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of
that year.
Her Contribution
She is known for her activism for rights to
education and for women, especially in the Swat
Valley, where the Taliban had at times banned
girls from attending school.
In early 2009, at the age of 1112, Yousafzai
wrote a blog under a pseudonym for
the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their
attempts to take control of the valley, and her
views on promoting education for girls
Her Conrtibution
With a growing public platform, Malala
continued to speak out about her right, and
the right of all women, to an education.
Her activism resulted in a nomination for the
International Children's Peace Prize in 2011.
That same year, she was awarded Pakistan's
National Youth Peace Prize.
TARGETED BY THE TALIBAN
When she was 14, Malala and her family
learned that the Taliban had issued a death
threat against her.
Though Malala was frightened for the safety
of her fatheran anti-Taliban activistshe
and her family initially felt that the
fundamentalist group would not actually harm
a child.
TARGETED BY THE TALIBAN
On October 9, 2012, on her way home from
school, a man boarded the bus Malala was
riding in and demanded to know which girl
was Malala.
When her friends looked toward Malala, her
location was given away..
TARGETED BY THE TALIBAN
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
The shooting left Malala in critical condition,
so she was flown to a military hospital in
Peshawar.
A portion of her skull was removed to treat
her swelling brain.
To receive further care, she was transferred to
Birmingham, England.

After the Attack
Once she was in the United Kingdom, Malala
was taken out of a medically induced coma.
Though she would require multiple
surgeriesincluding repair of a facial nerve to
fix the paralyzed left side of her faceshe had
suffered no major brain damage. In March
2013, she was able to begin attending school
in Birmingham.