Malala Yousafzai

Malala Day 2024: History, significance, quotes and why we celebrate it

Malala Day 2024: Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 12, 2024. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for advocating female education

Malala urges world to confront Taliban's 'gender apartheid' against women

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has said that the world needs to recognize and confront the gender apartheid against women and girls imposed by the Taliban since they seized power in Afghanistan more than two years ago. She urged the international community on Tuesday to take collective and urgent action to end the dark days in Afghanistan. Yousafzai was awarded the peace prize in 2014 at the age of 17 for her fight for girls' education in her home country, Pakistan. She is the youngest Nobel laureate. Two years earlier, she survived an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban a separate militant group but an ally of the Afghan Taliban when she was shot in the head on a bus after school. The 26-year-old activist spoke to The Associated Press after delivering the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg on the 10th anniversary of the death of South Africa's anti-apartheid leader and Nobel laureate. Yousafzai is also the youngest person to give the lecture, .

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Malala Yousafzai's production banner unveils first line-up with Apple TV+

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who inked a programming agreement with Apple TV+ last year, has unveiled the first line-up of film and TV projects with the streamer, backed by her banner Extracurricular. According to entertainment website Variety, the deal involves dramas, comedies, documentaries, animation and children's series and will see the Pakistani activist team up with Oscar winner Adam McKay's production house on a feature film. The film, titled "Disorientation", with McKay's Hyperobject Industries is an adaptation of Elaine Hsieh Chou's acclaimed book of the same name. Billed as a "sharp-edged, celebrated satire", the story centres on a college student's revealing dissertation on a young poet. The makers are yet to rope in a director for the project. The team at Extracurricular, Yousafzai said, aims to bring to the table "the voices of women of colour, and debut writers and Muslim directors and writers". "I hope we can have a wide range of perspectives and that we challe

Malala launches film production career with three projects for Apple

Her production company 'Extracurricular' has partnered with the indie studio A24 for a still-untitled feature documentary on the legendary "haenyeo" society of fisherwomen of South Korea's Jeju Island

Malala slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to take action

Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued a decree making the hijab compulsory for women in Afghanistan.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala ties the knot with senior officer of PCB

Nobel Laureate and Pakistani activist for girls' education Malala Yousafzai has tied the knot with a top-ranked officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board in a small ceremony in the UK

I fear for my Afghan sisters; Taliban has a history of violence: Malala

Afghan women are asking for protection, for the freedom and the future they were promised, writes the Nobel laureate.

Deeply worried for women, minorities as Taliban control Afghanistan: Malala

Pakistani activist and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has said she is "deeply worried" for women, minorities and human rights advocates living in the strife-torn country

I dream of India-Pakistan becoming good friends: Malala Yousafzai

The concluding day of the 14th Jaipur Lit Fest witnessed Nobel Prize recipient, author, and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai talking about a range of subjects including education, human rights

My dream is to see India, Pak become 'true good friends': Malala Yousafzai

She also said that minorities need protection in every country, be it Pakistan or India, adding that the issue is not related to religion but to the "exploitation of power" and must be taken seriously

US Congress passes 'Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act' for Pakistani women

The US has passed the 'Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act' which will expand the number of scholarships available to Pakistani women to receive higher education under a merit and needs-based programme

Greta Thunberg meets her 'role model' Malala Yousafzai at Oxford university

Thunberg is set to join a school strike in Bristol this week while Yousafzai is studying at the University of Oxford

Haiti tragedy to 2030 Agenda among big global stories of decade: UN report

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Malala Yousafzai urges UN to help Kashmiri children go back to school

Normal life has remained affected in Kashmir since August 5 when India

Humans shouldn't be categorised: Malala on TIME's personality list

Malala was on the cover and inside she was ranked number 15. President Barack Obama was 51st

Malala Yousafzai flies back to UK after after 4-day trip to Pakistan

Malala also met Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on her 4 day trip to Pakistan

Nobel winner Malala visits Pak's Swat, says she dreamed of return for 5 yrs

Malala's itinerary is tightly under wraps for security reasons. The Nobel Peace Prize winner told media that she would permanently return to Pakistan after completing her education

Malala Yousufzai returns to Pakistan for first time since Taliban attack

The Nobel laureate also expressed grief recounting that how her life had changed so much in the last few years