16-Year-Old Pakistani Assassination Survivor Visits The U.S.

16-Year-Old Pakistani Assassination Survivor Visits The U.S.

Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani assassination survivor of just 16 years and also one of contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize traveled to New York to promote her memoir, a book that closely retells the amazing story of her struggle to bring girl’s education to Pakistan.

The young girl was giving a detailed interview about her amazing survival story at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan when she received news that she won the Sakhorav Award along with $65,000.

Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head one year ago for her brave support of girl education in her home country of Pakistan. Her story quickly made world news and drew attention to the struggle women go through in countries like Pakistan to get an education.

The young Pakistani also addressed the United Nations on the day of her 16th birthday and is expected to have a private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II sometime this October.

While the Nobel committee wouldn't disclose any information about her chances to win the award, they did say that 2013 saw a record 259 candidates with 50 of them being organizations.

Malala Yousafzai is still under threat, as the Taliban groups that attempted to assassinate her one year ago said that they will finish the job if she or any of her family members return to Pakistan.

Posted by James Fried on Thursday October 10 2013, 4:52 PM EST. Ref: abc. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Featured News, World. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0