As you have discussed, a biography may contain several pieces of information about a person. In Malala
biography, four main topics are mentioned. Each of them has been identified in the text from A to
the text and match the topics to each heading. Register the answers in your notebook.
• After the Attack
• Early Life
• Targeted by the Taliban
• Initial Activism
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Early Life
Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, located in the country's Swat Valley.
For the first few years of her life, Yousafzai's hometown remained a popular tourist spot that was known for its summer festivals. The area began to change as the Taliban tried to take control.
Initial Activism
Yousafzai attended a school that her father, educator Ziauddin Yousafzai, had founded. After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, Yousafzai gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008. The title of her talk was, "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"
Target by the Taliban
On October 9, 2012, when 15-year-old Yousafzai was riding a bus with friends on their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded to know which girl was Yousafzai. When her friends looked toward Yousafzai, her location was given away. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head; the bullet then traveled down her neck. Two other girls were also injured in the attack.
After the Attack
Nine months after being shot by the Taliban, Yousafzai gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday in 2013. Yousafzai highlighted her focus on education and women's rights, urging world leaders to change their policies.