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Attacked by the Taliban

42 On October 9, 2012, when Malala was 15 years old, she
was riding home from school in a small bus with her
friends. She was chatting with the other girls when their
bus was stopped. Gunmen came onto the bus and

asked which one of the girls was Malala. The other girls
didn’t say anything, but their glances in Malala’s direction
gave away her identity. The gunman shot her in the face,
and then fled. 0 10 20 Miles

43 Malala was flown to a hospital in Peshawar, and was AFGHANISTAN KYRGYZSTAN
eventually flown to the United Kingdom, where she had SWAT
SWAT
C H I N
SHANGLA C H I N A A
SHANGLA
AFGHANISTAN
multiple surgeries to repair the damage done by the bullet. Matta Kanshat Shahpur TAJIKISTAN
Kanshat Shahpur
TAJIKISTAN
Matta
Barkana
Barkana
Mingora Alpuri
Mingora
Alpuri
While she required surgery to fix paralysis on the left side Swat River Imam Inset areaInset area Line of
Swat River
Imam
Deri
Deri
Line of
control
Malakand
of her face, Malala’s brain was not injured. Malakand control
Kabul K A S H M I
Kabul
Islamabad
K A S H M I R R
Peshawar Islamabad
Peshawar
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
A Global Leader—and a Student W AZIRIST AN
A F G H A N I S T A
A F G H A N I S T A N N
WAZIRISTAN
Lahore
Kandahar
44 Within six months of the attack, Malala was attending Kandahar N N Lahore
school again, in Birmingham, England. A year later, she Quetta T T A A
Quetta
S S
published her autobiography, I am Malala: The Girl Who K K I I
IRAN
Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. She IRAN P P A A INDIA N
INDIA
also, along with her father, founded the Malala Fund, which
Karachi 0 200 400 Miles
Karachi
is a global group promoting girls’ education around the
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world. The Malala Fund has opened schools in many areas
where girls have limited opportunities to attend school.
45 In 2014, Malala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
At top, Malala’s family includes her
for her work. Malala leads by example—besides running parents and two younger brothers.
her foundation, she also studied in one of the world’s most Below, the inset map shows the Swat
challenging university programs. As of 2018, she was a Valley, the area where Malala grew
student of politics, philosophy, and economics at up in Pakistan.
University of Oxford, in England.
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