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This is an example of a good article structure. Most biographies will be shorter than this with less information, but it is an example of how a notable human rights activist's life and work is documented. The full and extensive article is here at Malala Yousafzai.
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Malala Yousafzai (Malālah Yūsafzay: Urdu: ملالہ یوسفزئی; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj];[1] born 12 July 1997)[1][2] is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.[3] She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement.
Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Her family came to run a chain of schools in the region. Considering Jinnah and Benazir Bhutto as her role models, she was particularly inspired by her father's thoughts and humanitarian work.[4] In early 2009, when she was 11–12, she wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC Urdu detailing her life during the Taliban occupation of Swat. The following summer, journalist Adam B. Ellick made a New York Times documentary[2] about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region. She rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and she was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by activist Desmond Tutu.
On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in Swat District after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other women were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activism; the gunman fled. Having been hit with a bullet, she remained unconscious and in critical condition at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, but later her condition improved enough for her to be sent to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK.[5] The murder attempt sparked a national and international outpouring of support for Yousafzai.
Following her recovery, Yousafzai became a prominent education activist. Based out of Birmingham, she founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organisation,[6] and in 2013 co-authored I am Malala, an international bestseller.[7] In 2012, she was the recipient of Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize and the 2013 Sakharov Prize.[8] In 2014, she was announced as the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Kailash Satyarthi, for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. Aged 17 at the time, she became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.[9][10][11]
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Early life[edit]
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Early activism[edit]
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Murder attempt[edit]
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As Yousafzai became more recognised, the dangers facing her increased. Death threats against her were published in newspapers and slipped under her door.[12] On Facebook, where she was an active user, she began to receive threats and fake profiles were created under her name.[13] When none of this worked, a Taliban spokesman says they were "forced" to act. In a meeting held in the summer of 2012, Taliban leaders unanimously agreed to kill her.[12]
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School for Syrian refugee girls[edit]
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Works[edit]
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Awards and honours[edit]
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- 2011: International Children's Peace Prize (nominee)[14]
- 2011: National Youth Peace Prize[13]
See also[edit]
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- ^ a b امنسټي انټرنېشنل پر ملاله یوسفزۍ برید وغانده (in Pashto). BBC Pashto. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ a b Adam B. Ellick (2009). Class Dismissed. The New York Times (documentary). Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Malala Yousafzai Becomes Youngest-Ever Nobel Prize Winner". 10 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ "Following in Benazir's footsteps, Malala aspires to become PM of Pakistan – The Express Tribune". 10 December 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ Schifrin, Nick (7 October 2013). "The 72 Hours That Saved Malala: Doctors Reveal for the First Time How Close She Came to Death". Good Morning America. Yahoo News. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "$7 million from Malala Fund for education project in remote areas". DAWN.COM. 12 April 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Best Sellers – November 3, 2013 – The New York Times". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Malala Yousafzai Receiving Honorary Canadian Citizenship Wednesday". Huffington Post. The Canadian Press. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Nobel Laureates by Age". nobelprize.org. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Malala Yousafzai becomes youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner". The Express Tribune. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014" (Press release). Oslo: Nobel Media AB. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ a b "'Radio Mullah' sent hit squad after Malala Yousafzai". The Express Tribune. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ a b Peer, Basharat (10 October 2012). "The Girl Who Wanted To Go To School". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Desmond Tutu announces nominees Children's Peace Prize 2011". The International Children's Peace Prize. 25 October 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
External links[edit]
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