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Born July 12, 1997 (age 27) • Pakistan
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2014)
Notable Works “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” • “Malala’s Magic Pencil” • “We Are Displaced”

Did You Know?

  • 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.

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