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Malala was born in Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan
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Malala gives her " How dare the Taliban Take away my basic right of education" speech
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Malala Yousafzai was awarded the International Children's Peace Prize in recognition of her bravery in speaking out for every girl's right to an education.
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Malala was shot in the head by a TTP gunman while she was walking home from school. She survived the attack and was flown from Peshawar to Birmingham, England, for surgery.
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Malala and her family learned that the Taliban had issued a death threat against her because of her activism. Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her father (an anti-Taliban activist) she and her family initially felt that the fundamentalist group would not actually harm a child.
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For the first time since being shot, she made a public appearance on her 16th birthday and addressed an audience of 500 at the United Nations in New York City.