MALALA IN NOBEL PRIZE A NGAH NI DEC. 10,2014 A A THUGENNA (OSLO CITY HALL,NORWAY)
Happy 18th birthday Malala Yousafzai!
Born: 12 July 1997, Mingora, Pakistan
”Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy but building schools is so hard?
Born: 12 July 1997, Mingora, Pakistan
”Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy but building schools is so hard?
"One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world."
These words are from the youngest Nobel Prize laureate, Malala Yousafzai, who is a campaigner of education for women in the north-west Pakistan. Malala has been known for her struggle against the suppression of girls' education. She gained global attention for being shot in the head by the extremist group Taliban.
Time Magazine featured her in one of its 2013 issues as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World".
As she turns 18 today, let's look at some of the interesting facts on the Nobel Prize winner:
She was given her first name Malala which means "grief-stricken" after a famous Pashtun poetess and warrior, Malalai of Maiwand, from Afghanistan
In 2009, when Taliban had bombed most of the girls' school at the Swat valley, Malala wrote her experiences for BBC under the pseudonym Gul Makai
She started speaking about girls' education when she was only 11 years-old
She was only 15 years old when she was shot by the Taliban
She was awarded a doctorate degree "Honourary Doctor of Civil Law" from the University of King's College in 2014
Time magazine featured her as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2013
She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday
The attack on Malala caused Pakistan to create their first Right to Education bill
In 2009, when Taliban had bombed most of the girls' school at the Swat valley, Malala wrote her experiences for BBC under the pseudonym Gul Makai
She started speaking about girls' education when she was only 11 years-old
She was only 15 years old when she was shot by the Taliban
She was awarded a doctorate degree "Honourary Doctor of Civil Law" from the University of King's College in 2014
Time magazine featured her as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" in 2013
She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday
The attack on Malala caused Pakistan to create their first Right to Education bill
Malala has received the 65,000 Dollars Sakharov Award, the most prestigious Human Rights award in Europe
Her birthday is also celebrated as Malala Day. This was initiated by the United Nations
Malala Fund which aims at helping young girls attend school and raising awareness on the condition of women in Pakistan was officially launched in the year 2013
Malala has won over 40 honours
She has also published a book about her attack and aftermath called "I Am Malala"
On the day she was attacked, American singer Madonna dedicated her song "Human Nature" to Yousafzai at a concert in Los Angeles
American actress Angelina Jolie also wrote an article about explaining the event to her children. Jolie later donated 200,000 Dollars to The Malala Fund for girls' education
"He named me Malala" is an upcoming documentary film on Malala Yousafzai.
Her birthday is also celebrated as Malala Day. This was initiated by the United Nations
Malala Fund which aims at helping young girls attend school and raising awareness on the condition of women in Pakistan was officially launched in the year 2013
Malala has won over 40 honours
She has also published a book about her attack and aftermath called "I Am Malala"
On the day she was attacked, American singer Madonna dedicated her song "Human Nature" to Yousafzai at a concert in Los Angeles
American actress Angelina Jolie also wrote an article about explaining the event to her children. Jolie later donated 200,000 Dollars to The Malala Fund for girls' education
"He named me Malala" is an upcoming documentary film on Malala Yousafzai.
"I will continue this fight until I see every child, every child in school". Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2014 Already at eleven years of age Malala Yousafzai fought for girls' right
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