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Where was Malala born?
In the Swat Valley, Pakistan
How many brothers does Malala have?
Two
When was Malala born?
12th July 1997
Where did Malala study when she was young?
- In her father’s school
What happened to Malala on the school bus?
She got shot on the head by the Taliban
Why did a war begin in the Swat Valley?
Because the Taliban didn’t want girls going to school
Why did Malala go to school in secret?
- Because the Taliban didn’t want girls going to school and she wanted to study
Where was the home of the Taliban?
- Afghanistan
What did the Taliban close?
- They closed many shops
Which normal things people couldn't do under the Taliban rules?
- They couldn’t play many games and watch many things
What did Malala see at the top of the rubbish mountain?
- She saw a very poor girl
Why did the people of the Swat Valley need help?
- Because of the earthquake
Why did some teachers stop teaching girls?
- Because they started to listen to the Taliban
Why did Malala and her family leave the Swat Valley for the first time?
- Because the Pakistan army wanted everyone to leave the town
Where did Malala and her family hear the girls couldn’t go to school?
- On the radio
Why did the Taliban leave the Swat Valley?
- Because the Pakistan army fought the Taliban and won
Why did the Taliban make Malala and her father angry?
- Because the Taliban wanted to stop girls going to school
What changed in the Swat Valley after the war?
- The town was bombed and the houses, schools and shops were destroyed
Who did Malala and her father speak to about the war?
- To the journalists
Why did Malala and her brothers often wake up in the middle of the night?
- Because of the noise of the bombs
Why did two men from the Taliban shoot Malala?
- Because she was talking about the Taliban to the world
What did the American army do?
- They bombed many places in Afghanistan
Who asked Malala to write about living in the Swat Valley with the Taliban?
- The BBC
The Taliban came back to the Swat Valley. Who did they kill?
- Some of Malala’s father’s friends
What did Malala do with the money from the National Youth Peace Prize?
- She gave it to street children, children with no houses and to schools