Friedensnobelpreis malala yousafzai biography
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A deserving laureate
Malala was shot by militants in October 2012 in the Swat Valley of Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Taliban militants claimed responsibility for the attack and said in a statement that Malala had been attacked for promoting "secularism" in the country. After receiving initial medical treatment in Pakistan, Malala was flown to the United Kingdom where she is presently residing with her family.
Before being shot, the teenager had been campaigning for girls' right to education in Swat and was a vocal critic of Islamic extremists. She was praised internationally for writing about the Taliban atrocities in a BBC Urdu service blog.
Malala has come a long way since then. She has now become an international icon of resistance, women's empowerment and right to education, and has received numerous awards, including the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and the European Union's prestigious Sakharov Prize. Furthermore, the teenager co-founded the Malala Fund -
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About the Author
Malala Yousafzai, geboren 1997, wurde von klein auf von ihrem Vater Ziauddin gefördert und dazu ermutigt, sich für die Rechte von Mädchen einzusetzen. Ziauddin Yousafzai leitete selbst eine Schule im pakistanischen Swat-Tal und missachtete damit das Verbot der Taliban. Malala lebt heute okänt ihrer Familie in England, wo sie sich von ihren schweren Verletzungen erholt. Seit März 2013 geht sie in Birmingham wieder zur Schule. 2013 wurde sie für ihren "furchtlosen Einsatz gegen Intoleranz und Unterdrückung" okänt dem "Sacharow-Preis für Menschenrechte" des Europäischen Parlaments ausgezeichnet, 2014 erhielt sie zusammen mit Kailash Satyarthi den Friedensnobelpreis. Christina Lamb ist eine international anerkannte Korrespondentin und berichtet seit 1987 über sydasiatiskt land und Afghanistan. Sie hat in Oxford und Harvard studiert und bereits zahlreiche Bücher veröffentlicht. Für ihre Arbeit erhielt sie zahlreiche Preise. Derzeit schreibt Christina Lamb für die Sunday Times und le
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MALALA – A GIRL WITH A BOOK
prizewinning British author Nick Wood
Dates to be announced soon
At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was deliberately shot in the head on her way to school by the Taliban. Fighting against the ban on education for girls in her home country Pakistan, Malala had been writing a blog about her life under the Taliban regime for the BBC. The Taliban wanted to silence her, but achieved the opposite. Miraculously, she survived the bullet. Her story shook the world.
Malala Yousafzai is probably the youngest activist for human rights in history. Fighting for the right to education world-wide, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. Her first public speech before the United Nations gives proof to her courage:
“The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions. But nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born. I am the same Malala. My