Malala Yousufzai is a young girl from Mingora, Swat in Pakistan who bravely blogged against the violence and opposition of education of girls by the PTT’s (Pakistan Tehrik-e-Taliban) during the occupation of her town when she was 11 back in 2009.
In October 9th 2012 she was cowardly attacked by members of the PTT. She is currently being treated at the Queen Elizabeth hospital, in Birmingham, UK.