October 2012

Malala’s mother, Tor Pekai, is a loving parent, though she lacks the necessary education to inspire her daughter as Ziauddin, her husband, does. She is intensely religious, and always prays five times a day (as the Quran suggests).

Answer: The message she shares is No matter what the obstacles weather they be economic. Cultural or social everybody is entitled to a quality education as a human right.

Malala spoke up for a girl’s right to education, even blogging about her experience living under the Taliban’s conditions for the BBC. She later won Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize in 2011 for her efforts. With Malala’s growing influence, she eventually became a target of the Taliban….

On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in the Swat District, after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Pakistani Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activism; the gunman fled the scene.

Lady Margaret Hall2017–2020

July 12, 1997 (age 23 years)

The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to United States President Barack Obama for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people”. Obama accepted the prize in Oslo on December 10, 2009.

It is one of the quirks in history that has rattled many and while there are many layers to the reasons as to why Mahatma Gandhi missed the prize, one of the grounds that was seen through all his nominations was that he was too “nationalistic” or “patriotic” to be given the beacon of peace award for the world, as ……

Each recipient (known as a “laureate”) receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary award. In 2020, the Nobel Prize monetary award is SEK, or US$1,145,000, or €968,000, or £880,000.