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Malala Yousafzai
ملاله یوسفزۍ
Native nameملاله یوسفزۍ
Born (1997-07-12) 12 Julie 1997 (age 27)
Mingora, North-Wast Frontier Province, Pakistan
ResidenceBirmingham, Ingland
NaitionalityPakistani
ThriftBlogger, activist for richts tae eddication an for weemen
Kent forActivism, Taliban assassination attempt
ReleegionSunni Islam
KinZiauddin Yousafzai (faither)
AwairdsNobel Peace Prize
Honorary Canadian citizenship[1]
Naitional Youth Peace Prize
Sakharov Prize
Simone de Beauvoir Prize

Malala Yousafzai (Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ[mə ˈlaː lə . ju səf ˈzəj];[2] Urdu: ملالہ یوسف زئیMalālah Yūsafzay, born 12 Julie 1997)[3] is a Pakistani schuil pupil an eddication activist frae the toun o Mingora in the Swat Destrict o Pakistan's northwastren Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She wis the yungest an the first Pakistani fowk tae be awairdit the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 after bein shot in the head in a attempt assassination frae the Pakistani Taliban 2 years earlierin 2012. She wis named "Pakistan's Most Prominent Ceeteezen" bi the former Prime Minister o Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

References

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  1. "Malala Yousafzai to get honorary Canadian citizenship". CBC News. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  2. ‏امنسټي انټرنېشنل پر ملاله یوسفزۍ برید وغانده (in Pashto). BBC Pashto. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. Ellick, Adam B. and Ashraf, Irfan (29 October 2009). Class Dismissed. The New York Times (documentary). Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2012.