Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai ("Malālah Yūsafzay": ; ; born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become "the most prominent citizen" of the country. Yousafzai was born to a Pashtun family in Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
Pashtuns 1951 to 1955. Many more held high government posts, such as Aftab Ahmad Sherpao, Fazal-ur-Rehman (politician), and Asfandyar Wali Khan, who represents Awami National Party (ANP) in Pakistan. Others became famous in sports (e.g., Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi, Jahangir Khan, and Jansher Khan) and literature (e.g., Ghani Khan, Ameer Hamza Shinwari, Munir Niazi, and Omer Tarin). Malala Yousafzai, who became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 2014, is a Pakistani Pashtun. Pashtun families are historically accustomed to watching Indian films and dramas. This is due to cultural similarities. Many of the Bollywood film stars in India have Pashtun ancestry;