Malala Yousafzai net worth
What is Malala Yousafzai’s net worth?
Malala Yousafzai is an activist from Pakistan who has gained international recognition for her advocacy of human rights, especially in the education of women and children in her country. Malala’s net worth is $2 million. She and two other girls were shot dead in an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman in 2012, drawing global support. Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel laureate and co-founder of the non-profit Malala Fund.
Early life and career
Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in 1997, the daughter of Ziauddin and Tor. Her family is Sunni Muslim, and she has two younger brothers: Kushar and Attar. In addition to being an educational activist, Yousafzai was primarily educated by her father, a poet and school owner. As early as 2008, Yousafzai started talking about educational rights at a local press club. In 2009, she became an intern and peer educator for the Pakistan Youth Program at the Institute of War and Peace Reporting. She then started blogging for BBC Urdu, detailing her life during the Pakistani Taliban occupation of the area. Under the pseudonym “Gul Makai,” she blogs about the first battle of Swat, the increasing violence and oppression of women by the Taliban, and the closure of her school. In February 2009, after the Taliban issued a decree banning girls from going to school, Yousafzai spoke out against the terrorist group on the national current affairs show Capital Talk. The Taliban then temporarily lifted the ban.
After the school ban, journalist Adam B. Ellick produced a New York Times documentary about Yousafzai when the Pakistani military intervened in the area. As a result, Yousafzai’s popularity has grown considerably. In addition to conducting numerous interviews on TV and in print, she was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and became the President of the Khpal Kor Foundation Regional Children’s Congress. Her public profile was further enhanced when she received Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize.
assassination attempt
Because of her outspoken activism and global recognition, Yousafzai has increasingly been the target of death threats from militant groups. In October 2012, she and two other girls were shot and killed by a Pakistani Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt as they were taking a bus home after their exams. Yousafzai was hit in the head by a bullet, leaving her unconscious and in a critical condition. Her condition improved in hospital and she was transferred to the UK. The attempted murder sparked global support for Yousafzai and his cause, as well as widespread international condemnation of the Pakistani Taliban.
high school and college
After recovery, Yousafzai attended the all-girls Edgbaston High School in Birmingham, England. In 2017, she enrolled at Oxford University, majoring in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Yousafzai graduated from Oxford University in 2020.
ongoing activism
Yousafzai was prolific in her activism. In 2013, she spoke at the United Nations, Harvard University and Oxford University. At the United Nations, her speech was attended by more than 500 young advocates from around the world. Also in 2013, Yousafzai co-founded the Malala Fund with her father. The Foundation is an international non-profit organization that advocates for girls’ education and aims to ensure that every girl has 12 years of free, safe and quality education. Later, on her 18th birthday in 2015, Yousafzai used the fund to open a school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
On TV, Yousafzai discusses her struggles for human rights and women’s education on major American shows like “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and David Letterman’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction” .
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Nobel Peace Prize and Other Honors
In 2014, Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize for opposing the repression of young people. At just 17 years old, she became the youngest Nobel Prize winner in history. She shared the award with Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.
In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Yousafzai has received numerous awards and honors. These include the Simone de Beauvoir Award; the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award; the Clinton Global Citizenship Award; the Sakharov Award for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament; the Philadelphia Medal of Freedom; the Ellis Island International Medal of Honor; and Harvard The Gleitzman Award of the Kennedy School. Additionally, Yousafzai was awarded honorary citizenship of Canada in 2017, becoming the youngest person ever to speak to Canada’s House of Commons.
Books and Documentaries
Yousafzai has written and appeared in many critically acclaimed books and films. In 2013, she co-authored her memoir, “I Am Malala: The Story of a Girl Shot by the Taliban Who Stands Up for Education,” with British journalist Christina Lamb. The book was an international bestseller and was later published in a children’s edition. Malala received an advance of $3 million for the book.
In 2015, Yousafzai was the subject of the documentary He Called Me Malala, which was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category. Later, Yousafzai wrote a picture book titled Malala’s Magic Pencil, and published another autobiographical work in 2019 titled We Displaced: A True Story of Refugee Life. The following year, Yousafzai became the subject of Indian Hindi. Language biographical film “Gul Makai”, actress Reem Sameer Shaikh portrays her life.
In early 2021, it was announced that Yousafzai would begin a multi-year partnership with Apple. Through the company’s streaming service, Apple TV+, she oversees programming for comedy, animation, documentaries and dramas.
