Write a paragraph about MalalaYousafzai's journey towards the achievement of Noble Prize in 2014 whithin 150 words
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On July 12, 1997, Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, a city in the Swat District of Pakistan. Her first breath was drawn at home, since her family couldn’t afford a hospital birth. She was named “Malala” after Malala of Maiwand, a national folk hero who led local fighters to victory in Afghanistan. Little did her parents know that their daughter would also become a hero for her people in the years to come.
Malala grew up in awe of her father, an activist who believed the lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan’s problems. She attended a public school founded by her father and developed a thirst for knowledge from an early age. She adored books and decided she wanted to become a doctor.
On July 12, 2013, her 16th birthday, Malala was flown to New York to give a passionate speech at the United Nations, where she urged the world to challenge extremism with education. Later that year, she published her first book, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.
Since then, Malala has continued her activism with renewed courage. She has spoken at Harvard University and met with world leaders, including Queen Elizabeth and Barack Obama. In October 2014, at age 17, Malala became the youngest person and only Pakistani to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. In her speech, she dedicated the award to “all the voiceless children who want change.” The following year, on her 18th birthday, she opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. At the opening, her first words as an adult were a call-to-action for world leaders to invest in “books, not bullets.”