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Malala Yousafzai

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Malala Yousafzai (Urdu: ملالہ یوسف زئی; Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ, pronounced: [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj]; English: Malala Yousafzai; born July 12, 1997), is a Pakistani activist known for her fight for women's rights and women's right to education. In 2014, at the age of 17, she won the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest recipient of any Nobel Prize.

Category
Writers
Nationality
Pakistan
Born
1997-07-12
Wikidata
Q32732
Occupations Bloggerhuman rights activistwriterwomen's rights activistadvocate
Aliases Malala YousafzaiMalala YousafzaiMalala YousafzaiMalala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai

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