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Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan.
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Capitalizing on widespread economic malaise, Taliban leader consolidates power in Swatt.
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Talibans commence a campaign to blow up all government institutions and schools.
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Malala gave a speech " How dare the Taliban take away my basic rights to education" in Pashawar, Pakistan.
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Mullah Fazlullah, in a radio address, announces that as of January 15 all girls’ schools will be closed.
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Malala uses the show to speak out against the Taliban’s decision to prevent women from accessing education.
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In March, Malala ends her blog, and in May, The Pakistani Army moves into the region of Swat. The family is separated and Malala is sent to live with relatives in the countryside.
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Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education.
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Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize and National Youth Peace Prize in 2011.
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Malala was riding a bus with friends on their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded to know which girl was Malala. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head.
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Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari announces the establishment of a $10 million education fund in Malala’s name.
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Became a work-wide of a cause until the little obscure.
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She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday.
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She has also written an autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, which was released in October.
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On October 10, 2013, in acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
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Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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In October 2015, a documentary about Yousafzai's life was released. HE NAMED ME MALALA, directed by Davis Guggenheim.
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On her 18th birthday, Malala opens a school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley
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For her 18th birthday on July 12, 2015, also called Malala Day, the young activist continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon.
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In April 2017, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Yousafzai as a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girls education.
