Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. She is currently sixteen years old. When Malala was young she attended a school that her father Ziauddin Yousafzai founded. Malala's hometown was a popular tourist spot until the Taliban took control. In 2012 Malala was with her dad and a stranger approached her and informed her that her life was in jeopardy. The Taliban had used the internet to threaten her outspoken views on female education.