Malals

Malala Yousafzai

By MaLaLa

  • Malala posts her first BBC blog about life in Pakistan

    Malala uses the fake name Gul Makai so she doesn't get targeted by the Taliban

  • Taliban says that girls are not allowed to attend school

    The Taliban bombed over 100 girls schools and banned women form certain everyday things. Malala still attends school.

  • Malala is forced to leave her home

    The Pakistani Army comes to her home and splits up her family. Malala goes to live with relatives.

  • Malala and her family return home

  • Malala is revealed as the blogger against the Taliban

    Growing popularity causes Malala's true identity to be revealed and she soon becomes a target of the Taliban.

  • Malala gives her first speech against the Taliban

    The speech was titles "How Dare The Taliban Take Away My Basic Right To Education" and she was only 11 at the time.

  • Malala wins Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize

  • Malala is shot on her school bus

    On her way home from school, two men from the Taliban approach the bus and ask for Malala. She was shot once in the head and two other girls are wounded.

  • Nominated for TIME person of the year

    Malala wins runner up as TIME magazine's 2012 person of the year for all her work for education.

  • Malala speaks at the UN

    Malala gives her first public speech since the shooting and says, "Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons."

  • Malala is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

  • Malala's autobiography is realeased

    her book is called I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood UP For Education And Was Shot By The Taliban

  • Taliban lifts the law preventing girls from going to school

    The Taliban leader lifts the ban under the exception that all girls who attend school wear a burqua