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Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani female education activist, and producer of film and television. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, receiving the Peace Prize in 2014 at age 17, and is the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native district, Swat, where the Pakistani Tali…
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culture · Pakistani education activist (born 1997) · blogger · human rights defender · memoirist · writer · women's rights activist · activist · also Malala Yousafzai, Yousafzai
Born 12 July 1997 · Q32732
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2026· 18 entries
“What tends to get lost in the current refugee crisis is the humanity behind the statistics”
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“played a lot in class and enjoyed ourselves like we used to before.”
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United Nations: Messenger of Peace Malala Yousafzai and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Anne Hathaway advocate at International Women’s Day Event
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خبرگزاری اطلس: Malala Yousafzai says Taliban have ‘nothing to celebrate’ after five years in power
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Aaj English TV: Malala Yousafzai | Pakistan Independence Day | Youth | Bright Future | 14 August - Aaj News
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Khaama Press: Malala Yousafzai Calls for Unconditional Release of Six Women’s Rights Activists in Kabul
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College Sports Network: "Caitlin Clark Changed The Narrative": Malala Yousafzai Credits Indiana Star For Major Shift In "Recess" Initiative
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Bona Magazine: Malala Yousafzai details her experience in South Africa
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The Indian Express: ‘Glass in school meal’ protest in Gujarat spawns outrage over Malala Yousafzai
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ThePrint: Malala Yousafzai swaps luxury labels for student designers
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خبرگزاری اطلس: South African Official Meets Malala Yousafzai to Discuss ‘Gender Apartheid’ in Afghanistan
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The Times of India: Quote of the day by Malala Yousafzai: ‘One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world’
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TimesLIVE: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges SA to stand with Afghan women against ‘gender apartheid’
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eNCA: ‘SA women of 1956 inspire fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan’ - Malala Yousafzai
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The Economic Times: Powerful Quote of the day by Malala Yousafzai: 'With guns you can kill terrorists, with education you can
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Public attention spiked: 10,490 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 2,991, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Minor addition to honour category.
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Public attention spiked: 18,215 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.1× the usual 2,991, with 0 article edits.
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2023· 1 entry
To become the youngest ever Honorary Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford
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2022· 1 entry
Forbes added her to the "Hall of Fame" Forbes 30 under 30 list
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2021· 6 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “Malala Yousafzai has been “silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”” False.
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India Today rated the claim “Seth Kooverji Khimji Lohana Gujarati School (SKKLGS) in Karachi was originally named after a Hindu social worker. But it was renamed Malala Yousafzai Govt Girls Secondary High School in the latest example of conversion of a Hindu institution in Pakistan.” Half true.
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2021).
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“s streaming service, Apple TV+. The work will span”
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Said that she had not been against marriage, but had concerns about it related to child marriage and forced marriage, and unequal marriages where "women make more compromises than men"
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2020· 4 entries
BOOM Fact Check rated the claim “Malala Yousafzai met with the son of Israel's Defence Minister.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Malala Yousafzai with Israeli defence minister’s son” False.
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Studied at Lady Margaret Hall (2017–2020).
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An Indian Hindi-language biographical film Gul Makai by H
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2019· 1 entry
Time created 89 new covers to celebrate women of the year starting from 1920; it chose Yousafzai for 2009
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Jane Addams Children's Book Award (2018).
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That her goal had changed, stating that "now that I have met so many presidents and prime ministers around the world, it just seems that things are not simple and there are other ways that I can bring the change that I w
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2017· 5 entries
Won Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2017).
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“This should be a human rights issue. Governments should react to it. People are being displaced, they”
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Studied at Edgbaston High School (2013–2017).
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Was awarded honorary Canadian citizenship and became the youngest person to address the House of Commons of Canada
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The book had sold almost 2 million copies, and there were 750,000 copies of the children's edition in print
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Smile (2016).
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Was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Social Entrepreneurs category
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2015· 4 entries
During the media tour for a documentary film about her life, Malala performed magic tricks with playing cards on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Was the subject of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary He Named Me Malala
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Yousafzai told Emma Watson she decided to call herself a feminist after hearing Watson's speech at the UN launching the HeForShe campaign
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The All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF) banned her autobiographical book, I Am Malala, at all Pakistani private schools, with the APPSF president Mirza Kashif Ali releasing his own book against her, I Am Not
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2014· 8 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (2014).
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Won Philadelphia Liberty Medal (2014).
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At age 17, and is the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize
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“s speech at the UN launching the HeForShe campaign. On 12 July 2015, her 18th birthday, Yousafzai opened a school in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, near the Syrian border, for Syrian refugees. The school, funded by the not-for-profit Malala Fund, offers education and training to girls aged 14 to 18 years. Yousafzai called on world leaders to invest in”
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2014: Awarded the World Children's Prize also known as Children's Nobel Prize
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Under the title I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
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Yousafzai stated that she wished to return to Pakistan following her education in the UK, and inspired by Benazir Bhutto, she would consider running for prime minister: "If I can help my country by joining the government
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2013· 18 entries
Awarded Simone de Beauvoir Prize (2013).
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Awarded Memminger Freedom Prize 1525 (2013).
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Awarded Time 100 (2013).
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Awarded honorary Canadian citizenship (2013).
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Awarded Humanitarian of the Year (2013).
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Awarded Catalonia International Prize (2013).
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Awarded Secularist of the Year (2013).
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Awarded Ambassador of Conscience Award (2013).
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Awarded Index Award (2013).
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Awarded International Children's Peace Prize (2013).
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Awarded European Human Rights Prize (2013).
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Awarded United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (2013).
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Awarded Anna Politkovskaya Award (2013).
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Awarded Sakharov Prize (2013).
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Awarded Fred and Anne Jarvis Award (2013).
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January 2013: Top Name in Annual Survey of Global English in 2012
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Received the Sakharov Prize, and in 2014, she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi of India
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Co-authored I Am Malala, an international best seller
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of Bravery (2012).
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Attended the International Marxist Tendency National Marxist Summer School
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2011· 3 entries
Awarded National Malala Peace Prize (2011).
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Yousafzai trained with local girls' empowerment organisation, Aware Girls, run by Gulalai Ismail, whose training included advice on women's rights and empowerment to peacefully oppose radicalisation through education
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Received Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize
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2009· 2 entries
“Our annual exams are due after the vacations but this will only be possible if the Pakistani Taliban allow girls to go to school. We were told to prepare certain chapters for the exam but I do not feel like studying.”
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Began as a trainee and was then a peer educator in the Institute for War and Peace Reporting's Open Minds Pakistan youth programme, which worked in the region's schools to help students engage in constructive discuss
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1997· 1 entry
Born 1997-07-12.
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