Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai is a woman who fought for an allowance

for girls to receive an education. She got shot by a
gunman in 2012. She survived the shot but was
unconscious for 10 days. When she woke up she went on
to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala was born in Pakistan on the 12th of July 1997. She

is 21 years old now and lives in Taliban Pakistan. Her
father was called Ziauddin Yousafzai and her mother’s
name was Toor Pekai Yousafzai. Her father worked as a
teacher. Malala was shot at the age of 15 by a gunman
while she was getting on a bus.

Malala fought for an allowance for girls to receive an

education. She believed that everyone had to be treated
equally.

I chose Malala because I thought she was really brave to

stand up in that situation and I wish to be as brave as her.
She stood out over everyone else to me because she
wanted to bring happiness into people’s lives and not for
only a few people to be treated with respect.

She did not live an easy life but she got on with it and
that’s the main reason why I choose her.