Malala Yousafzai(born July 12, 1997, Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan) is a Pakistani activist who, while a teenager, spoke out publicly against the prohibition on theeducationof girls that wasimposedby theTehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban). She gained global attenti...
The title referenced the fact that Yousafzai had been named for the Afghan heroine Malalai, or Malala, who purportedly led her people to victory against the British in the 1880 Battle of Maiwand.Naomi BlumbergThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica...
Yousafzai has no memory of the shooting that made her so well known. Some in Pakistan disapprove of Yousafzai because of her association with the West or her ideas about how women should act. Yousafzai not only loves cricket but also plays it, which is unusual for a Pakistani girl. ...