Malala Yousafzai

On social media everyone is a hero or zero. We must embrace the complexity of real life | Suzanne Moore

When Malala Yousafzai endorsed a Tory friend of hers, the outraged online response betrayed the rigidity that has come to define modern thought

Suzanne Moore

19, Oct, 2020 @4:00 PM

Greta and Malala: why photos of Thunberg are a flicker of light in a dark, dark world

The planet is a mess and it is easy to despair. But seeing Thunberg with other inspirational figures offers a glimpse of hope

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

26, Feb, 2020 @4:27 PM

‘They just wanted us to read about a white boy and his dog’: why teenager Marley Dias fought back

She was 10 when she first decided to distribute children’s books with black girl leads – a campaign that has taken her to the White House. Now she’s written a book of her own

Coco Khan

28, Aug, 2019 @10:00 AM

On Her Shoulders review – the heartbreaking life of Nadia Murad, survivor of genocide

This arresting documentary critiques the limits to western compassion as it follows the Iraqi activist and Isis rape survivor on her lonely human rights pilgrimage

Peter Bradshaw

24, Jan, 2019 @1:00 PM

Malala Yousafzai on student life, facing critics – and her political ambitions

How does a 21-year-old Nobel laureate adjust to student life – and what comes next for the world famous activist? Yousafzai explains why she was driven to tell the stories of other displaced girls

Lisa Allardice

19, Jan, 2019 @9:00 AM

Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai: ‘I became a person who hates all injustice’

The activist and former teacher on returning to Pakistan for the first time since his daughter Malala was shot, and his new book, Let Her Fly

Alex Clark

11, Nov, 2018 @9:00 AM

National Portrait Gallery unveils Malala Yousafzai picture

Nobel prize winner says she hopes portrait will remind visitors of girls’ fight for change

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

02, Oct, 2018 @12:07 PM

From Malala to Parkland, why are the victims demonised? | Nesrine Malik

The Nobel prize winner and the Florida school children have been vilified. It’s because the powerful want to stay in control, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Nesrine Malik

05, Apr, 2018 @5:00 AM

Malala Yousafzai visits hometown for first time since Taliban shooting

Nobel peace prize laureate visited Pakistani town of Mingora, where she was shot by militants in 2012

Michael Safi

31, Mar, 2018 @10:02 AM

Malala Yousafzai: ‘The west is viewed as an ideal, but there’s still a lot of work to be done’

For most students, essay deadlines are stressful enough – but the Nobel prizewinner, who is studying at Oxford, has continued to campaign for gender equality alongside her coursework

Amelia Gentleman

11, Mar, 2018 @1:59 PM