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Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and author who advocates for girls' schooling and co-founded the Malala Fund.
Biography
Malala Yousafzai was born in 1997 in Swat, Pakistan. Influenced by her father, education activist Ziauddin Yousafzai, she began speaking out for girls' access to school where the Pakistani Taliban had restricted it. In 2009, she wrote under the pseudonym Gul Makai for BBC Urdu about life during the Taliban's occupation of Swat.
In October 2012, a Taliban gunman shot Yousafzai in an assassination attempt targeting her activism. After receiving treatment in Pakistan and Birmingham, she continued her education advocacy and co-founded the Malala Fund with Shiza Shahid. She co-authored I Am Malala in 2013. In 2014, she shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, becoming the youngest Nobel laureate at age 17.
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Books by Malala Yousafzai
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I Am Malala [Young Readers adaptation]
The young readers adaptation of I Am Malala recounts Yousafzai's childhood in Pakistan, her efforts to attend school, and the attack she survived. Rewritten for children with co-author McCormick, it also explores her daily life and the influence of her family and surroundings.