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BBC about life in her hometown under the Taliban, which resulted in the
Taliban issuing a death threat against her. On
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October 9, 2012, a gunman shot Malala when
she was traveling home from school. She was
seriously wounded in the head and neck and

airlifted to a British hospital for specialized
treatment. She survived, and has continued
to speak out on the importance of education
for girls. In 2013, Time magazine put her on
its list of the world’s most influential people
and in the same year she was nominated
for a Nobel Peace Prize. In 2014, she was
nominated again and won, becoming the
youngest person (at age 17) to receive the Malala Yousafzai
Nobel Peace Prize. She was given the Nobel
Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian activist and founder of the
Global March Against Child Labor. The two shared a prize of 8.0 million

Swedish kroner, or roughly 1.1 million US dollars, so each received about
$550,000.

Answer the following questions.
1) How old was Malala when she was shot by the Taliban?

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2) About what did she write for BBC?
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3) Why was she airlifted to a British hospital?
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4) What does she speak for?

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5) Whom did she share the Nobel Peace Prize? How much money did
she get as the prize?

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