Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai S.St is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Yousafzai's advocacy has since grown into an international movement...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth12 July 1997
CityMingora, Pakistan
CountryPakistan
Malala Yousafzai quotes about
Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.
My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives.
We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
Fifty seven million children across the world don't want an iPhone, Xbox or chocolates. They want a book and pen.
We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other.
Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
It's an honor to be awarded the Liberty Medal.
When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.