
MALALA GOES TO THE OSCARS
By now, I hope everyone has heard about Malala Yousafzai and how she is changing the world.
Her story is truly a remarkable one.
In October 2014, Malala, along with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was named a Nobel Peace Prize winner. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive this prize.
Here is her story in her own words.
1997
I was born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1997.
Welcoming a baby girl is not always cause for celebration in Pakistan — but my father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, was determined to give me every opportunity a boy would have.…