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Malala was Born
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Malala Gives her first ever Speech
When only eleve, Malala gave her first speech entitled:"How dare the Taliban take away my right to education?" at a local press club in Peshwar, Pakistan. After that speech, her passion grew towards the cause... -
Blogging for BBC under the name Gul Makai
When the Taliban where beginning to strictly forbid the women and girls from shopping, education, etc, AbdulHayy Kakar asked Malala's father if he knew anyone who could blog on the life under Taliban rule. When the previous blogger, a girl, backed out due to risk precautions, Malala stood up and took her place, aged onlt 12. -
Taliban issues edict against girls education
The taliban grows increasingly violent, blowing up over a 100 girl's schools. They issue a serious edict that no girl would go to school after the fifteenth of January, 2009. Malala wrote that she still continued to prepare for exams... -
Contributes to Capital Talk, a show...
Malala spends time on a show to support that the Taliban are wrong to ban girl's education... -
Taliban lifts the edict...!!
The Taliban leader lifts the edict on preventing girls education on a condition that they wear BURQAS to school... -
Last moments blogging for BBC...
Malala writes her last few blogs on her time with her friends back at xchool and how her exams went. -
Leaving Home
The second battle of Swat brings the Pakistani Army to Malala’s home. The family is separated and she is sent to live with relatives. It’s around this time that The New York Times reporter Adam Ellick approached Malala and her father for a documentary. -
Revealing the identity of the blogger...
The BBC never reveals who the blogger from Pakistan was, but her identity is slowly released thanks to increasing publicity. -
Nominated for International Children's Peace Prize
Malala is nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize of KidsRights Foundation. The nomination by Archbishop Desmond Tutu reads, “Malala dared to stand up for herself and other girls and used national and international media to let the world know girls should also have the right to go to school”. -
Wins National Youth Prize
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani awards her the National Peace Award for Youth. At the ceremony, Malala says that she hopes to begin a national party of her own to promote education. -
Targetted and Attacked by the Taliban
The Taliban decides to kill Malala as her story gains reach. A Taliban gunman shoots Malala as she rides home after taking an exam. Two other girls are also wounded in the shooting. -
Runner up for 2012 TIME person of the year
TIME nominates Malala for their Person of the Year in 2012. She is named runner-up. -
Speak at the UN
On Malala Day, her 16th birthday, Malala gives her first public speech since the shooting. Her message was: “Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons.” -
Nominated for Nobel Prize for Peace
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Release of her book...
Malala Yousafzai’s autobiography titled “I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” tells the story of her being shot by the Taliban. -
Threatened by Taliban
As the Nobel announcement nears, the Taliban issues a new threat against Malala. In a telephone interview, a spokesperson says that the group would try to harm Malala as long as she criticises the efforts to impose strict Islamic law in Pakistan. October 9th, 2013 will be one year since she was shot. -
Won the Nobel Prize for Peace...
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 was awarded to Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.