Completar frases Malala YousafzaiVersión en línea Fill the gaps with the correct words. por Miguel Angel Vieyra Guzman 1 spoke released brought 1997 survived gave Taliban was won survived Introduction Malala Yousafzai is a young Pakistani activist . In 2008 she began protesting the closing of girls ? schools in her area . In 2012 she was shot as a result of her protests . Yousafzai the assassination attempt and all over the world about the importance of the education of girls . Early Life Yousafzai was born on July 12 , , in Mingora , in the Swat Valley of Pakistan . Her father was an outspoken social activist and educator . He ran the Khushal Girls High School and College . Yousafzai was one of the top students at the school . Life Under the Taliban In 2007 the invaded the Swat Valley . The Taliban is a group that believes in strict Islamic law . When they took over the Swat Valley , they began closing schools for girls . They did not allow women to participate in society in general . The Taliban invasion much violence to the region , so Yousafzai and her family fled . However , they returned when the violence eased . In 2008 Yousafzai her first speech . It was called " How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education ? " It was publicized all over Pakistan . Then , using a pen name , Yousafzai began writing about her daily life living under the Taliban . The articles were published on a blog for the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) . The BBC blog was read by many people . In 2009 Yousafzai featured in two documentaries about the school shutdown and her experiences . The short films were posted on The New York Times ? s website . That same year the Taliban changed its rules and allowed girls to return to school . In 2011 Yousafzai began to receive awards for her work . She was nominated in October 2011 for the International Children ? s Peace Prize by human rights leader Desmond Tutu . In December she was awarded Pakistan ? s first National Youth Peace Prize . The prize was later renamed the National Malala Peace Prize . Assassination Attempt On October 9 , 2012 , while on her way home from school , Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman . She the attack and was flown from Pakistan to Birmingham , England , where she fully recovered . After the assassination attempt , her cause was taken up by many powerful people . It resulted in Pakistan ? s first Right to Education bill and a $10 million education fund in Yousafzai ? s honor . Continuing Activism In 2013 Yousafzai the United Nations Human Rights Prize , which is given out every five years . She was also named one of Time magazine ? s most - influential people that year . Yousafzai wrote a memoir with the help of another writer . The book , I Am Malala : The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban , was published in 2013 . Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 . She was the youngest person to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize . She shared the award with another children ? s rights activist . In July 2015 she and others opened a girls ? school in Lebanon . The school served refugees from a civil war that was taking place in the neighboring country of Syria . In 2017 Yousafzai a picture book called Malala ? s Magic Pencil . The book is an autobiography directed toward young readers . That same year she started studying at the University of Oxford in England . She graduated from Oxford in 2020 .