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Who is Malala Yousafzai and what did she do?

Who is Malala Yousafzai and what did she do?

Malala Yousafzai, (born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan), Pakistani activist who, while a teenager, spoke out publicly against the prohibition on the education of girls that was imposed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban).

What did Malala Yousafzai do for human rights?

Malala Yousafzai became an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education after she was shot in 2012 for opposing Taliban restrictions on female education in her home country of Pakistan.

Is Malala paralyzed?

Yousafzai underwent two surgeries to further treat her facial paralysis in 2018 and 2019. She recently underwent a third surgery in August.

What does Malala Yousafzai fight for?

the right to education
Malala Yousafzai became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner for her fight for the right to education.

Was Malala in a coma?

Yousafzai had come out of her coma by 17 October 2012, was responding well to treatment, and was said to have a good chance of fully recovering without any brain damage. Later updates on 20 and 21 October stated that she was stable, but was still battling an infection.

Did Malala get shot?

When she was 15, Yousafzai was shot in the head by militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, an offshoot of the Afghan Taliban, in her home town in the Swat valley while on a school bus in 2012. She recovered after months of treatment at home and abroad before co-writing a best-selling memoir titled “I am Malala.”.

Who is Malala husband?

Asser Malikm. 2021
Malala Yousafzai/Husband
Pakistani activist for girls’ education Malala Yousafzai married Asser Malik, General Manager of Pakistan Cricket Board’s High Performance Centre, in an intimate ceremony, called nikkah, in the UK on Tuesday (November 9). The families of the couple were present for the ceremony..

How long was Malala in a coma?

After surgery, she was unresponsive for three days. Now, it is nothing short of a miracle that the teen blogger, who fights for the right of girls to get an education, is still alive and even more astounding that she suffered no major brain or nerve damage.