"Today is a precious day in my life. Arthur and I became lifelong partners," Marala Yusuf Zai, a 24-year-old Pakistani girl who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, announced on Twitter that she was married.
Malala tweeted: "Today is a precious day in my life. Arthur and I became lifelong partners. We had a small Nika ceremony with our family at our home in Birmingham. Please pray for us. We are excited to walk through the journey of the future together. “
Malala posted a photo with the groom on Twitter saying she had a wedding with her husband, Asser Malik, and her family at their home in Birmingham, England.
In Twitter, Malala did not disclose her husband's identity, but CNN said on November 9 that her husband was an operations manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board from the city of Lahore, Pakistan.
Malala sat in the middle with her husband. Pictured from Malala's Twitter
Malala has previously expressed her misgivings about marriage. In an interview with Vogue magazine in July, Malala said, "I still don't understand why people have to get married, BBC reported on November 9. If you want to have someone in your life, why do you have to sign a marriage license and why can't it just be a partnership? ”
A few months later, Malala announced good news.
According to public media reports, Malala was born in Pakistan in 1997, and since 2009, malala, who was only 12 years old at the time, has begun to publish a diary on the BBC Urdu website, describing the Taliban burning girls' schools in the local area, intimidating and attacking civilians, which has aroused widespread concern in the international community.
On October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban on a school bus and fled to the United Kingdom after recovering from her injuries.
Malala was attacked. Picture from the WeChat public account "United Nations"
In 2013, Malala co-founded the Malala Foundation with her father to call for change by making the public aware of the social and economic impact of girls' education and empowering girls.
In 2014, she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner along with Kailash Satyarthi, a prominent anti-child labor activist in India, for defending children's rights.
In 2020, Malala graduated from Oxford University with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
Since graduating, Malala has been calling for increased support for Afghan refugees. Malala told the BBC newsneck Newsnight on August 16, "I think the way the U.S. describes the war in Afghanistan and declares that the U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan is a success, leaves a very false impression." ”。
Malala said she had spoken with other world leaders and members of the U.S. and British governments, "I think now every country has a role and a responsibility." Countries need to open their borders to Afghan refugees and displaced persons. ”
However, Pakistanis have mixed opinions of Malala, with some believing that she has not made a substantial contribution to Pakistan's educational development, while others consider her to be a "pawn of the West".
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