Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel peace prize laureate and Pakistani human rights activist. She started gaining world renown at the age of 11 while producing a diary for the BBC blog. She was speaking out about the leadership and the influence of the Taliban in Pakistan, especially about the closure of educational centers for girls and the prohibition of women in political, economical, and social activities. Millions of people were affected by this issue, but few dared to voice their opinions.
“I had two possibilities, either stay silent and wait till someone would kill me or speak out and die because of that. I chose the second option and decided to make myself heard.”
As a result, the members of the Taliban attacked Malala and gave her a life-threatening wound. Fortunately, Malala survived this attack and got treatment in England, where she and her family reside now.
Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai states: “They often ask me, what is special in my method of upbringing, which made my daughter so brave, and I answer, don’t ask what I did, ask me what I didn't do, because I didn't cut her wings off, and that is all.”
In 2015, Yousafzai’s story was filmed in a documentary called “He Named Me Malala”
In the same year, Christina Lamb wrote the book “I am Malala”
Article by Mariam Kartvelishvili Translated by Sali Mosiashvili Edited by Keta Gamtkitsulashvili
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