Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for advocating girls’ right to schooling after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate
education activist
human
women's rights activist
advocatesFor access to education for girls
education in conflict zones
ageAtNobelPrize 17
assassinationAttemptDate 2012-10-09
assassinationAttemptLocation near Mingora
awardReceived National Youth Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Simone de Beauvoir Prize
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights
birthDate 1997-07-12
birthPlace Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mingora
Pakistan
Swat Valley
cause girls' right to education
human rights
women's rights
citizenship Pakistan
United Kingdom
coAuthor Christina Lamb
coAuthorOf I Am Malala
coFoundedWith Ziauddin Yousafzai
countryOfResidence United Kingdom
educatedAt Edgbaston High School
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
ethnicGroup Pashtun
familyName Yousafzai
father Ziauddin Yousafzai
fieldOfStudy Philosophy, Politics and Economics
founded Malala Fund
fullName Malala Yousafzai
gender female
givenName Malala
graduationYear 2020
knownFor advocacy for girls' education
being the youngest Nobel Prize laureate
surviving a Taliban assassination attempt
languageSpoken English
Pashto
Urdu
marriageDate 2021-11-09
mother Toor Pekai Yousafzai
NobelPrizeCategory Peace
NobelPrizeSharedWith Kailash Satyarthi
NobelPrizeYear 2014
notableWork I Am Malala
We Are Displaced
occupation activist
author
public speaker
organizationTypeFounded non-profit organization
religion Islam
residence Birmingham
spouse Asser Malik
subjectOf He Named Me Malala
numerous news articles and documentaries
survived assassination attempt by the Taliban
treatmentCountry United Kingdom
treatmentLocation Birmingham
UNAppointmentYear 2017
UNRole UN Messenger of Peace


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