Since then she has been shot in the head by
the militants, and has become the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Accepting the award in Oslo on 10 December, she
said she was "humbled" and proud to be the first Pashtun and the
first Pakistani to win the prize. She also joked that she was probably the
first winner who still fought with her younger brothers.
Malala Yousafzai first came to
public attention through that heartfelt diary, published on BBC Urdu, which
chronicled her desire to remain in education and for girls to have the chance
to be educated.
When she was shot in the head in
October 2012 by a Taliban gunman, she was already well known in Pakistan ,
but that one shocking act catapulted her to international fame.
She survived the dramatic
assault, in which a militant boarded her school bus in Pakistan 's
north-western Swat valley and opened fire, wounding two of her school friends
as well.
The story of her recovery - from
delicate surgery at a Pakistani military hospital to further operations and rehabilitation in
the UK ,
and afterwards as she took her campaign global - has been closely tracked by
the world's media.
She was discharged
from hospital in January 2013 and her life now is unimaginably different to
anything she may have envisaged when she was
an anonymous voice chronicling the fears of
schoolgirls under the shadow of the Taliban.ter initial surgery in Pakistan Malala Yousafzai was sent to hospital in UK to
complete her treatment recovery
She was named one of TIME magazine's most influential people in 2013, put
forward for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013, won the European Parliament's
Sakharov price for Freedom of Thought and her autobiography "I Am
Malala" was released last year, and reversioned for younger audiences.
Malala was only 11 years old when
her anonymous diary captivated audiences. She wrote under a pseudonym - Gul
Makai, the name of a heroine from a Pashtun folk tale.
Militants destroyed scores of
girls schools in the time the Taliban wielded power over the valley. They had
an implacable attitude to female education and this was
Malala's primary concern.
In January 2009, as the school
was closing for winter holiday she wrote: "The girls were not too excited
about vacations because they knew if the Taliban implemented
their edict [banning girls' education] they would not be able to come to school
again. I am of the view that the school will one day reopen but while leaving I
looked at the building as if I would not come here again."
She even confronted
then US
special envoy to the region, Richard Holbrooke, urging
him to do something about the state of affairs for women who want an education.
When she finally returned to
Swat, Malala took advantage of the improved security and went back to school.
Malala and her family were the subject of threats and it was on 9 October 2012
that these were borne out.
The Taliban said that they
targeted her for "promoting secular education" and threatened to
attack her again.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-23241937
Structure of the Lead:
Who:Malala Yousafzai
When:10 December
What: win the Nobel Peace Prize
Why:fight for girls
Where:Pakistan
How:write the diary
Keywords:
1. Assault:突擊
2. Rehabilitation:復原
3. Discharge:出院
4. Envisage:設想
5. Anonymous:匿名
6. Chronicling:記述
7. Implacable:仇怨
8. Implement:實施
9. Confront:面對
10. Envoy:使者