Malala Timeline

  • Her First Speech

    At a local press club in Peshawar, Malala gives her first speech, "How Dare the Taliban Take Away my Basic Right to Education?" in protest of school closings.
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    BBC diary entries

    Malala, using the pen name Gul Makai, blogs for the BBC about her life under Taliban rule.
  • Pakistan's First National Peace Prize

    Pakistan's First National Peace Prize
    She is awarded with Pakistan's first national peace prize. (Picture Credit: NNI)
  • Shot in the head

    Shot in the head
    Yousafzai is shot in the head by Taliban Gunmen during an assassination attempt (Picture of where Malala was shot credit: Asad Hashim/Al Jazeera)
  • Rushed to Hospital Treatment

    Rushed to Hospital Treatment
    She is taken to England in order to be treated at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. (Picture Credit: University Hospitals Birmingham/ EPA)
  • One Last Surgery

    One Last Surgery
    She had one last surgery, after being shot in the head previously. (Photo Credit: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham/Getty Images)
  • Released

    Released
    Yousafzai is officially released from the hospital. (Picture Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
  • The Malala Fund

    The Malala Fund
    The Malala Fund, a foundation that helps provide grants for the education of girls, is established.
  • Time's Most Influential People

    Time's Most Influential People
    Malala gets listed as one of Time's Most Influential People of the year. (Picture Credit: TIME)
  • First Formal Speech Since Attack

    First Formal Speech Since Attack
    Her first formal public speech since the attack, which is where she addresses the United Nations in New York. (Picture Credit: Reuters)
  • International Children's Peace Prize

    International Children's Peace Prize
    Malala is awarded the International Children's Peace Prize at a ceremony in, The Hague, Netherlands. (Picture Credit: AP/Peter Dejong)
  • Publishing Her First Book

    Publishing Her First Book
    Her autobiography, "I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban", is published. (Picture: Cover of the book,I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban)
  • Organization Officially Founded

    Organization Officially Founded
    The Malala Fund Organization is officially founded. (Picture Credit: C.J. Ministercheng)
  • Sakharov Prize

    Sakharov Prize
    Malala receives the Sakharov Prize for her bravery against the Taliban. (Picture Credit: AFP/Getty Images/Patrick Hertzog)
  • Another Special Award

    Malala is awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize, a prize only given every five years
  • Misusing the name of Islam

    Malala appeals to Boko Haram militants to "stop misusing the name of Islam."
  • Suspects arrested

    Suspects arrested
    10 people are arrested for the attempted murder of Malala. (Credit for Picture of 3 of the Suspects: Joe Sterling/Adeel Raja)
  • Nobel Peace Prize Award

    Nobel Peace Prize Award
    The announcement is made that Malala is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi for the activism on the support of children's rights. (Picture Credit: AFP)
  • Time's 25 Most Influential Teens

    She is listed as one of Time's 25 Most Influential Teens.
  • Winning a Grammy Award

    Winning a Grammy Award
    Yousafzai receives a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for the audio version of her, I am Malala, autobiography. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Life Sentence

    Two people have been sentenced to life in prison for the 2012 attack on Malala. Eight other suspects have been discharged.