Malala Yousafzai
Birthdate: July 12, 1997
Birthplace: Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Occupation: Student, Women's Education Rights Activist
Profile: Corecipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Peace. Survived an assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen in 2012.
Website: http://www.malala-yousafzai.com/
Number of Quotes: 2
I don't mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education. And I'm afraid of no one.
So let us wage a glorious struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism,
let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.
United Nations General Assembly on July 12, 2013.