Malala Yousafzai (Pakistani Social Worker)

Malala Yousaf zai is a Pakistani-born activist for women's education and holds the distinction of being the youngest recipient of the Nobel Prize in any field. She is famous for working for human rights and women's rights in her home region when the local Taliban stopped girls from going to school. Now Malala's movement has become international.

Birth: 12 July 1997 in Mengora (pakistan).

Residence: Barmingam.

Nationality: Pakistan.

Religious: Islam.

Father's Name: Ziya uddin Yousaf Zai.

Mother's Name: Toor Pakai Yousaf Zai.

Professional Language: Urdu, English, and Pashto.

 Profession: Blogger, human rights activist, memoirist, writer, international forum participant, feminist activist.

Early Life:  

Malala was born on July 12, 1997 in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.  Malala hails from a Sunni Muslim family of Pashtun descent.  She was named Malala, derived from Malala Yousafzai, indicating her clan.  Malala lived in her hometown of Mingora with her two younger brothers, parents Ziauddin and Toor Pakkai and two pet chickens.  Swat is a popular tourist destination and was once visited by Queen Elizabeth II and described as the Switzerland of the East.              Malala once aspired to become a doctor, but later chose to become a politician under her father's guidance.  Malala's father gave his daughter special attention and when the other children went to sleep, Malala was allowed to stay up late at night and they would discuss politics.

As A Blogger BBC:  

 In late 2008, BBC Urdu's Aamir Ahmed Khan thought of working on the Taliban's growing influence in the Swat Valley.  They thought that a girl from Swat should hide her identity and start writing about the incidents.  However, the parents of the girls always refused saying that it could pose serious risks to their family.  Finally, Ziauddin submitted the name of his eleven-year-old daughter.  By this time, the Taliban had begun to occupy the Swat Valley, and television, music and girls' schools were being forcibly closed, and women were being prevented from going out to shop.  Dead bodies of police officers were found hanging on the squares.  At first, a girl, Ayesha, agreed to write a diary, but then her parents stopped her in view of threats from the Taliban.  In this way, Malala, who is four years younger than her and in the seventh grade, took the responsibility of this task.  BBC editors immediately approved it.

    On January 3, 2009, Malala sent the first entry.  The method was that Malala would write by hand and give it to the reporter who would scan it and email it to her.  The blog reveals Malala's thoughts on the first Swat war, the under-attendance of girls and the subsequent school closures.

 In Mingora, the Taliban announced that no girl would go to school from January 15, 2009.  By that time, the Taliban had destroyed more than 100 girls' schools.  The night before this date, Malala was woken several times by the sound of cannons.  

Expulsion from school:

 We have been told the relevant chapters for the exam. Yes, but my heart  does not want to read. It seems that after the destruction of dozens of schools and the closure of hundreds, the army thought of action. Had they acted earlier, the situation would not have reached this point."

 In February 2009, girls' schools remained closed.  Boys' schools were also closed until February 9 in solidarity.  When Malala and her brothers returned to Mingora on February 7, the streets were empty and there was an eerie silence everywhere.  When the siblings went to the market to buy a gift for their mother, the market was closed.  Although these markets were open till late night under normal circumstances.  His house was also ransacked and his TV was also stolen.

School reopening:

 On February 25, Malala wrote, "We played well in the Jamaat as before and had a lot of fun".  On March 1, 19 out of 27 female students were present.  However, the Taliban were also very active in the area.  Shelling continued and relief items that came to the aid of civilians were looted.  Two days later, Malala wrote that clashes between the army and the Taliban were continuing and gunfire could be heard.  "People are afraid that the peace may not last long. Many are saying that the peace agreement is a temporary pause in the fighting."

 He further wrote that the Taliban no longer search vehicles like before.  On March 12, 2009, the blog ended.

As Malala's fame grew, so did the threats to her life.  Death threats to Malala were printed in the newspapers and thrown inside the house from her doorstep.  Threats started being given to Malala on Facebook as well.  In a meeting in the summer of 2012, the Taliban leaders decided to kill Malala

 On October 9, 2012, when Malala boarded a bus from home to go to a school exam, a Taliban attacked her.  The attacker first asked, "Which one of you is Malala?  When Malala introduced herself, the man opened fire.  The bullet that hit Malala hit the bone of the skull and entered the shoulder through the neck.  Two other girls were also injured in the attack, whose names are Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan, but both were out of danger and told reporters about the attack.

After the attack, Malala was taken by helicopter to a military hospital in Peshawar where doctors had to perform an emergency operation to stop the swelling on the left side of her brain.  This part was affected by the bullet.  After a three-hour long operation, doctors removed the bullet from near his spinal cord.  The day after the attack, doctors removed part of his skull to make room for the brain swelling.

 According to Dr Mumtaz Khan, Malala's chances of survival were 75%.  The then Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that as soon as Malala's condition improves, she will be transferred to Germany.  On October 13, doctors reduced Malala's sedatives and Malala was able to move her arms and legs.

 Offers for Malala's treatment began pouring in from around the world.  On October 15, Malala was sent to the UK with the permission of the doctors and her family.  His plane stopped in Dubai for fuel and he was then transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

 January  2013, Malala was discharged from the hospital.  Malala was placed with her family in a house in the West Midlands to rehabilitate.  On February 2, after a 5-hour long operation, Malala's skull bone and her hearing were restored.

 Since 2013, Malala has attended Edgbaston High School, in Birmingham.

American singer Madonna dedicated one of her songs to Malala and Angelina Jolie wrote an article about the attack on Malala and donated $200,000 to the Malala Fund.  Former US first lady Laura Bush compared Malala to Anne Frank, who wrote the Holocaust diary.  Indian director Amjad Khan announced to make a film based on Malala's life.

Honors:

.   100 Women (BBC) (2021)

.  Nobel Peace Prize (2014)

.   Philadelphia Liberty Medal (2014) 

.  Time 100 (April 2013)

.  Children's World Peace Prize (2013)

.  Sakharov Prize (2013) 

.  Simone de Beauvoir Prize (2013) 

.   Honorary Citizenship of Canada (2013) 

.  Humanitarian of the Year (2013)

.  European Human Rights Prize (2013)

.  Catalonia International Prize (2013)

.  United Nations Human Rights Prize (2013)

.  Secularist of the Year (2013

.  100 Women (BBC) (2021)

.  Nobel Peace Prize (2014)

.   Philadelphia Liberty Medal (2014)

.  Time 100 (April 2013) 

.   Children's World Peace Prize (2013).