Malala Yousafzai
The brave girl who will do anything for education
Leading up to the shooting
The shooting
When she was 14 the Taliban issued a death threat against her. However, her family did fear for her safety they believed that the Taliban wouldn't actually harm her. On October 9, 2012, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Malala was riding in and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet then traveled down her neck. Two other girls were also injured in the attack. The shooting left Malala in critical condition, so she was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar. A portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham, England. She had multiple surgeries but ended up with no major brain damage. She started attending school again in 2013 in Birmingham, England
Friends and Family
Ziauddin Yousafzai
Malala's father. A activist in support of education for women and founded a school in Swat, Pakistan.