
Date
- Jul 12 2025
Time
- All day
Location
It is not often that someone who is still alive and not so old is honoured with a day of their own. That is, a day created to dwell on that person and all that person stands for. In the case of Malala Yousafzai (July 12, 1997), this is the case.
Gul Makai
On October 9, 2012, things went wrong. The bus she was in on her way home from school was taken under fire by a Taliban fighter and she was hit in her head and neck. Although the bullet in her head could be removed, further specialist treatment was necessary. She received that, having been transferred to England on 15 October. This immediately protected her in Birmingham hospital. from further attacks, which the Taliban had threatened. It was only in January 2013 that she was discharged from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Yet new treatments were necessary thereafter (February 2013).
Nobel Prize
The United Nations declared a Malala Day back in 2012. That was on November 10. By doing so, it wanted to draw attention to children who are denied education around the world. A petition to award her the Nobel Peace Prize was then signed by thousands a year later. She was awarded that prize, too, in 2014. Not before there would be a recurring Malala Day, namely on her birthday: July 12.