Early life
Malala was born on July 12th 1997 in Mingera, Pakistan. Ever since she was only 11 years old, she has been involved in women and children rights, mainly involving education. Malala attended her fathers all girls school in September of 2008. She started blogging about how the Taliban denied many people the right to education for BBC in 2009. Malala used the name Gul Makai to try hide her identity. Later that year figured out that she was the blogger, therefore putting her on the Talibans list.