Youngest Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai
Youngest Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani girl, human rights activist has received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. Thus, she has become the youngest ever Nobel Prize recipient. Malala became internationally known on October 9, 2012 when she was attacked by militants of the radical Islamic Taliban movement. Unfortunately, the girl suffered serious injuries to the head and neck, but survived and is now continuing her human rights activities. The Youngest Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai born July 12, 1997 in the Pakistani city of Mingora in the Swat Valley. The girl’s name was given in honor of the Pakistani heroine Malalai – participants of the Battle of Maiwand during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The name “Malal” is translated as “grief-stricken”, and the further fate of Malala Yousafzai proved that her name was crucial.
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