MalalA Yousafzai Childhoood
She was named Malala which means "Grief Stricken". Malala attended the school her father founded. In 2009 she began writing anonymous blogs for the BBC expressing her views on education and life under the threat of the Taliban. During this time the Taliban's military held on the area intensified. Malala didn't feel safe when she started to hear artillery from the advancing Taliban forces.