Teenage Activist Who Was Shot by Taliban Signs $3 Million Book Deal
Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman after voicing the need for education rights for girls in the country, has just signed a $3 million book...
View ArticleTaliban Leader Says He Regrets the Shooting of Teen Activist
Last week, Malala Yousafzai gave a stirring speech at the U.N., telling the gathered leaders that education was an essential right for children around the world. Last October, 16-year-old Malala was...
View ArticleWhy Malala Also Deserved to Win the Nobel Peace Prize
The young Pakistani activist may not have won the Nobel Prize, but her impact is undeniable. While many 16 year olds might wait and hope for a new car, Malala Yousafzai—and the world with her—has been...
View ArticlePakistan Schools Push to Ban ‘I Am Malala’
School officials in Pakistan have pushed to ban the book I Am Malala, an autobiographical account of surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban, written by teen education advocate Malala...
View ArticleMalala: Education Finds a Voice
When word got out in October of 2012 that then 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai had been shot by the Taliban, it was the first time most of the world had ever heard of her. It seemed strange. What about...
View ArticleMalala Helps Syrians Cross Border, Raising Awareness for Refugees
This weekend, Malala Yousafzai, her father and members of her non-profit organization assisted Syrian refugees crossing the border into Jordan, fleeing the violence in their own country. Many of them...
View ArticleMalala's Next Move
The Pakistani teen's world-changing goalsThe story hardly needs retelling, but it’s almost too incredible to resist. In 2009, Malala Yousafzai was just a Pakistani teenager who kept a diary about her...
View Article8 Hitmen Convicted of Malala Attack Were Secretly Acquitted
Officials in Pakistan have admitted that eight of 10 Taliban hitmen charged with organizing the 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai, a student and women’s education advocate, were secretly freed weeks...
View ArticleHere’s the Trailer for the Documentary ‘He Named Me Malala’
The upcoming documentary He Named Me Malala, about young Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist Malala Yousafzai, released its first trailer. The movie tells the story of the international activist...
View ArticleMalala’s Ordinary Greatness
A conversation with documentarian Davis Guggenheim about his latest film, 'He Named Me Malala.'Documentarian Davis Guggenheim won an Oscar for Al Gore’s controversial film about global warming, An...
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