Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai is only 15 years old and she is already world-famous. Everything started with the fact that at the age of 11 she described the oppression in her Motherland Pakistan on an Internet blog. In her post she opposes to radical Islamic Taliban and demanded more rights for Pakistani children, especially for girls. Because of her courageous efforts she risked her life and in October 2012 was a victim of a terrorist attack. She survived the attack badly wounded. The girl was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.