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Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel peace prize 2014
Pakistani teenager and Indian children’s rights activist beat Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, the Pope and Vladimir Putin to the prestigious prize
The Guardian, Friday 10 October 2014 10.40 BST
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education campaigner shot on school bus in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, has won the 2014 Nobel peace prize.
Malala won along with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist.
The two were named winner of the £690,000 (8m kronor or $1.11m) prize by the chairman of the Nobel committee - Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjoern Jagland - on Friday morning.
Malala, now 17, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago in her home country of Pakistan after coming to prominence for her campaigning for education for girls.
She won for what the Nobel committee called her “heroic struggle” for girls’ right to an education.
She is the youngest ever winner of the prize.
After being shot she was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham, where she was treated for life-threatening injuries.
She has since continued to campaign for girls’ education, speaking before the UN, meeting Barack Obama, being named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people and last year publishing the memoir I am Malala.
Last month a gang of 10 Taliban fighters who tried to kill her were arrested, the Pakistan army claimed.
In a statement, the committee said: “Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzai has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations.
“This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances. Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education.”
Satyarthi, the Nobel committee said, had maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests.
“Showing great personal courage, Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining Gandhi’s tradition, has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain,” the committee said. “He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights.”
The Nobel committee said it “regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism”.
Yemeni Nobel peace laureate Tawakkol Karman said Malala and Satyarthi were worthy winners, saying Satyarthi had taken part in an “outstanding and long struggle for the rights of the child”.
There were a record 278 nominations this year, 19 more than ever before – including US whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning, Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Pope Francis. Also on the list of nominees was an anti-war clause in the Japanese constitution and the International Space Station Partnership.
Previous choices include illustrious names such as Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Martin Luther King - and, controversially, Barack Obama in 2009.
Last year’s choice of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in hindsight seems a similar act of wishful thinking. At the time the agency’s role in overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal offered a very slim chance of finding a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in that country. But the violence in Syria has only got worse, and there are continuing concerns that the Assad regime has continued to conceal its stockpile of chemical weapons.
The Nobel announcements have been going on all week, and will conclude with the prize for economics on Monday.
Yesterday the Nobel committee stunned the literary world by choosing little-known French author Patrick Modiano for the prize.
On Wednesday Stefan Hell of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, William Moerner of Stanford University in California, and Eric Betzig of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia won the chemistry prize “for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy”.
On Tuesday Shuji Nakamura of the University of California, Santa Barbara, shared the physics prize with Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano of Japan for “the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”.
And on Monday, British-US scientist John O’Keefe and married couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser from Norway won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the brain’s “inner GPS”.
Worth 8m kronor each, the Nobel prizes are always handed out on 10 December, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896. Besides the prize money, each laureate receives a diploma and a gold medal.
Nobel, a wealthy Swedish industrialist who invented dynamite, provided few directions for how to select winners, except that the prize committees should reward those who “have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind”.
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Malala,s father was offered a job in paki consulate in UK.
Malala is now in the hands of westreners.They are just using here.
Zai-udin yousufzai is loyal pakistani.
Malala and her father never say a word against the evil policies of pakistani ,,isi,,,in swat region.
Her slogan of children education did,nt help the poor girls of swat and pashtunkhwa.
Noble prize is just westren bs.They are making fool of the world.
They think only white man now who is good and bad.
There are many female teachers and students in swat and other parts of pashtunkhwa suffered.
They did more for the female education .They spoken to the world media but they have no blessing of evilistan/pakistan so no one would recognise their work.
Support pashto language and greater pukhtoonkhwa.
pa prady jaba khabarai pakhtun naka
be laila bala soda kho majnon naka
gero jabo kre lahoo pa khpal tahzeeb ki
be pakhtu ba de bal hestsok rastoon naka
hamza baba
پَښتو کښې اُولېکئ
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Vóooooooow what a news! Heartiest congrats to Malala, the first Pashtun Nobel prize winner. She made history.she is our pride.Comment
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Congrats but Aitzaz hassan was more deserving"[B][SIZE="3"]Seer Speen Wazeer[/SIZE][/B]"Comment
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Khyberwatch video from 3 years ago, interview with Malala Yousafzai in Pashto by owner of Khyberwatch forums, Zahid Buneri.
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Malala Yousafzai speaks in Pashto to Pakhtoons about receiving her Nobel prize.
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The girl proved to be brave and she has got confidence and skills to interact with world leaders in a very better way than the representatives of Pakistan do. She is an asset. Congratulations!yao warokay ghwandi baagh ao pa khwa ye seen rawan!
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both, she claims to be bothOriginally posted by Happy Khan"I bow to no one, except ALLAH. I dont bow to punjabay, do not bow to kabulay and afghanay, do not bow to faujay and mullay, do not bow to asfandyarwalay and petty khanays...i am traitor to all of them." - SmartayComment
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Nobel prize means nothing it's an insignificant title. People like Obama that do the opposite for peace win it so what credibility does it have? 0%----------
*You cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets*
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Political parties, civil society shower praise on Malala
By Dawn Report
ANP activists hold a rally in Peshawar on Friday to congratulate Malala Yousafzai on being awarded Nobel Peace Prize. — White Star/Dawn
PESHAWAR/MINGORA: Political parties and civil society organisations have paid rich tribute to girls’ education activist Malala Yousafzai on being honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Civil society activists distributed sweets and youth danced to drumbeats at the Peshawar Press Club on Friday to celebrate the achievement of Malala.
A ceremony in this connection was also held at the press club and addressed among others by ANP general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Strengthening Participatory Organisation’s regional chief Arshad Haroon, Tribal NGOs consortium chairman Zar Ali Khan, Khwendo Kor chairperson Maryam Bibi, minority community representative Asif Bhatti, Lasoona chairperson Rakhshinda Naaz and journalist Shamim Shahid.
Mian Iftikhar said that Pakhtuns were dubbed as terrorists in the past but now it was proved that they were peace loving and against terrorism. He said that Malala was a reflection of the mindset of Pakhtuns who loved education, development and believed in the policy of live and let live.
He said that Punjab government had announced to establish a university after Malala, and asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to follow suit.
On the occasion, Arshad Haroon said the award was in fact a win for Pakhtuns and a defeat for terrorists and extremists. He said that Malala proved that Pakhtuns believed in peace, dialogue, tolerance and development.
Youth dance to drumbeat to celebrate Nobel Peace Prize for education activist
Maryam Bibi said Malala was daughter of the nation and a pride for all the peace loving people, adding that all the girls across the world should get education and play role in spreading the light of knowledge.
Rakhshinda Naaz said that Malala was now a symbol of peace and education and the award deserved to be celebrated as it was a big success of the nation.
Zar Ali Khan and Shamim Shahid said that the award proved Pakhtuns’ love for knowledge and peace, adding that all those opposing her had faced defeat.
Similarly, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan, Qaumi Watan Party chairman Aftab Ahmed Sherpao, Awami National Party president Asfandyar Wali Khan, Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Saleem Saifullah Khan also congratulated Malala Yousafzai on being honoured with the Noble Peace Prize.
In his message of felicitation, the governor said that the award was not only a recognition of her exemplary contribution to education but also the acknowledgement of the nation’s great sacrifices against terrorism.
Aftab Sherpao said that the prize would encourage all those working for promotion of education in the country. He said Pakhtuns were proud of Malala who stood against all odds to raise voice for education.
Asfandyar Wali said that the award was a good omen for Pakhtuns and proved that Pakistanis were against terrorists and extremists.
Meanwhile, the people of Swat, the native district of Malala, termed the achievement of the education activist a great success for the entire country.
They said that after the award, the world would know Swat, once affected by militancy, as a place of peace and prosperity.
Ahmad Shah, president of Global Peace Council, told Dawn that soon after the announcement he contacted Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of Malala, who said that he and his family were very happy over the achievement their daughter.
He quoted Mr Yousafzai as saying that the award meant that the world recognised that the people of Swat were peace loving. Mr Yousafzai said that two days ago he talked to Malala over phone and found that she was not very hopeful about winning the peace prize this year compared to the last year when she had a lot of expectations about winning it.
Malala’s father said that she had a plan to construct an elementary college in Shangla and five middle schools in Swat.
Fazal Maula Zahid, president of Rotary Club Swat, said that Malala had participated in many meetings of the club as her father was its active member. He said that responsibilities of Malala had increased after winning the prize as she would now have to be more focused on female education.
He said that Malala should declare Swat as valley of education so people from across the globe could come here for getting education and convey a message of peace to the people of their respective countries.
Mr Zahid also urged Malala to work for establishing an international women university in Swat to promote girls’ education in the valley.
Fakhrul Hassan, cousin of Malala Yousafazi, said that he and his family were too happy over the peace prize win, adding that it was recognition of the struggle of people of Swat for peace. “I was taking lunch with my family when my brother came and told us about Malala’s achievement,” he added.
Farooq, in-charge of Khushal Public School Mingora, said that students of Swat were mostly trying to copy Malala, adding that after the achievement girls students were now more inclined to get higher education and contribute to country’s development.
Published in Dawn, October 11th , 2014
*Thanks to Said Alam Mahsud for posting this on his facebook wall.
Said Alam Mahsud, a legendary Pashtun activist struggling for the unification of Pakhtunkhwa from Chitral to Bolan.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Comment
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Bringing home the Nobel
Published : 2014-10-14 20:37
There is an image of her where she sits in an auditorium. A lone figure with a notebook and a pen, she sits surrounded by rows of empty seats covered in shiny black leather. The picture tells much about Malala and her struggle: a vulnerable girl out on her own, holding on to her books like a talisman, drawing strength from her belief in the power of education.
The empty seats suggest that the teenage female education activist is in a class of her own. But for a country that has the third-largest number of out-of-school female students in the world, they also suggest that Malala has a long struggle ahead of her to bring the missing girls to schools.
Those expectations are going to multiply now that she has won the Nobel Peace Prize. But equally importantly it is the symbolism of the peace prize she shares with India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights that shouldn’t be lost on Pakistan and India, say observers.
“The Nobel Peace Prize comes at a time when both Pakistan and India are engaged in border skirmishes,” says Abdur Raheem Roghani, a Swat-based Pashto writer and poet who used to receive Malala and her father at his home in Mingora. “Education cannot happen without peace. The prestigious prize would be of little consequence if its significance is lost on Pakistan and India.”
For someone who has sharply divided the opinion on her relevance to Pakistani society, Malala has been lionized for her struggle for education in the face of murderous obscurantism and disparaged for “being co-opted by the West in its agenda to malign Pakistan.” As expected, the reaction to her winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday was just as discordant and polarized.
Malala Yousafzai holds flowers after speaking during a media conference at the Library of Birmingham, after she was named a cowinner of the Nobel Peace Prize, in Birmingham, England, Friday. (AP-Yonhap)
“Reading negative comments about #Malala Yousafzai today, I realize she is like the Dark Knight, not the hero we deserve but the hero we need,” said a tweet on Friday, as the hashtag Malala Yousafzai trended on Twitter.
“You are no nobler in Pakistan for winning Nobel Prize,” said another, pointing to the nation’s disavowal of Dr. Abdus Salam, the physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics. As many furiously debated whether Malala wining the Nobel was an exercise in public relations for the west or truly a concern for peace in the region, an analyst known for his right-wing views tweeted: Girls shot at head will receive #nobelprizeaward? Yes, if shot by Muslim militant. No, if shot by western crusaders!”
For many in her hometown of Swat and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the significance of a Pashtun girl wining the Nobel is clear. To them it is a historic event from which Malala Yousafzai has emerged, perhaps somewhat incongruously, as mythical a figure as Malalai of Maiwand, the Pashtun folk hero who rallied Pashtun fighters against the British troops during the second Anglo-Afghan War.
“It is a matter of pride for the Pashtuns, the region and Pakistan,” says Khadim Hussain, a socio-political analyst. “It is a historic moment because it puts right the manipulated narrative of history. Malala stands for education, she stands for human rights. The world thought the people here were not capable of something good or great. She has proved them wrong, proved that the people of the region can work towards the dream of a better future.”
Khadim Hussain, who spoke to Dawn from Mingora on Friday, said the youth in Swat were quite excited over the news of Malala wining the Nobel Prize. “They say she has given a new face to Swat, that she has washed away the taint left by militancy in the valley. They are thrilled and overjoyed. There is talk of celebration tomorrow.”
For her cousins and uncles living in Swat, who did not consider the Nobel for Malala a possibility because of the age factor, the news came as a surprise. “Whatever happened is beyond our imagination,” said her cousin Fakhar-ul-Hassan. “The Oct. 9 attack, the media coverage, the reaction all over the world, it all took us by surprise.”
Fakhar, who also taught at the Khushal School where Malala studied, said there was something special about her class.
“The whole class was very active and creative. It was extraordinary,” he said. “Malala topped the class but she motivated the girls with her speeches and debates. They would get inspired because her father, who managed the school, would always push her to do better.”
When the Nobel Prize for Peace was announced on Friday, Malala got the news at her school in Birmingham. She was in the chemistry class, a subject she loved, according to Fakhar.
“She loved physics, chemistry, Islamic studies, but most of all she loved English because her father, who had studied literature, introduced her to it,” he said.
And the subject she couldn’t stand?
“She was a topper in the class but mathematics made her miserable,” said Fakhar. “She just couldn’t get it. I guess it runs in the family. None of us is good at it.”
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai Generates 17M Posts, Likes,
Comments on Facebook
Malala Yousafzai – who survived an Oct. 9, 2012, assassination attempt by the Taliban in Pakistan, where she was targeted for voicing her options about women’s rights and education — became the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner last Friday, and she shared her reaction on the Malala Fund Facebook page.
Libby Leffler, who handles Facebook’s strategic partnerships with influencers and causes, said in a Facebook Media blog post that from Oct. 10 through 12, some 11 million users of the social network generated approximately 17 million posts, likes and comments about Yousafzai, adding that more than 1 million Facebook users viewed her live remarks on the social network in the first 24 hours.
Yousafzai shared her reaction to winning the Nobel Peace Prize in English, Pashto and Urdu, and the blog post also included reactions on Facebook from public figures, celebrities, world leaders and other users.
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1. Malala is a young girl, from a poor country, so people should not be hard on her.
2. I think she has a good heart, but I don't agree with everything that has been done in her name.
3. I think the following thing is just way over the top and bordering on ridiculous but I'm posting it to share and for potential discussion.
Anyway at the very least someone can say there is an asteroid named after a Pashtun (and a Muslim).
NASA Names Asteroid After Malala Yousafzai
By Johnlee Varghese April 10, 2015 17:27 IST
NASA has reportedly named an asteroid in honour of 17-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
The asteroid, located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, was discovered by Dr Amy Mainzer, an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, USA.
NASA has named the new find, Asteroid 316201, after Malala. The celestial body is about 4km in diameter, and its surface is very dark, the colour of a printer toner. It orbits the Sun every 5.5 years, Dr Mainzer explained.
"Very few (asteroids) have been named to honour the contributions of women. It is a great honour to be able to name an asteroid after Malala," Dr Mainze wrote in the blog of Malala Fund, a non-profit organisation, led and inspired by the 17-year-old Nobel laureate.
Malala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2014, becoming the youngest person and the first person from Pakistan to win the prestigious award.
Malala as an 11-year old had started a campaign to promote education for girls in Pakistan. But the Taliban, offended by her blog on the conditions in Swat Valley in Northern Pakistan, tried to kill her in 2012.
She had received injuries to the head and barely survived the attack. Her campaign to bring education to girls has gone global ever since.
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These are the comments from Reddit.
El_Bufon 11 minutes ago
Why an asteroid? Don't asteroids represent a threat to this planet? At the very least they're kind of boring.
They should have named a nearby exoplanet that looks able to be colonized. If humanity is ever able to expand to the stars, we'd have a planet named after her.
His_Self an hour ago
Nasa did well to recognise Malala by naming it after her. I do not understand how any human could target young ladies for death. How can they believe any deity would approve of such actions. She has a spirit we would all do well to aspire too.
FrostyNovember 9 minutes ago
Perhaps 1000 years from now some people will float past Asteroid 316201 and the name "Malala" will come up on their scans. Nobody will remember who the Taliban were or what they did, but that brave young girl will never truly die.
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