As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban Islamic terrorists in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education.

She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, but she survived.

She was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan.

As a child, she became an advocate for girls' education, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala in the head when she was traveling home from school.

She survived, and has continued to speak out on the importance of education.

She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated again and won, becoming the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

The prize money is worth over 1.4 Million US dollars.

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