Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai gets married | Women’s Rights News
Campaigner for girls’ training shares images of ‘precious day’ on social media.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and women’s rights campaigner Malala Yousafzai has married at her house within the United Kingdom.
Yousafzai, who was shot within the head by the Pakistani Taliban when she was simply 15, introduced the information on Twitter, sharing images of the Islamic wedding ceremony referred to as the nikkah.
“Today marks a precious day in my life,” the 24-year-old wrote. “Asser and I tied the knot to be companions for all times.
“We celebrated a small nikkah ceremony at home in Birmingham with our families. Please send us your prayers. We are excited to walk together for the journey ahead.”
Thousands responded with good needs and congratulations, with the tweet attracting greater than 227,000 ‘likes’.
Yousafzai gave no different details about her husband. Social media customers recognized him as Asser Malik, normal supervisor of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s High Performance Centre.
Today marks a treasured day in my life.
Asser and I tied the knot to be companions for all times. We celebrated a small nikkah ceremony at house in Birmingham with our households. Please ship us your prayers. We are excited to stroll collectively for the journey forward.
📸: @malinfezehai pic.twitter.com/SNRgm3ufWP— Malala (@Malala) November 9, 2021
Yousafzai spent months in remedy after she was shot in 2012, and went on to put in writing a best-selling memoir titled “I am Malala” and graduate from Oxford University with a level in philosophy, politics and economics.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17 for her work on girls’ training, sharing the award with Kailash Satyarthi, a kids’s rights activist from India.
Her non-profit Malala Fund has now invested $2m in Afghanistan.
She has additionally signed a take care of Apple TV+ that may see her produce dramas and documentaries that target women and kids.
As not too long ago as July this yr, the activist informed British Vogue journal that she was unsure if she would ever marry.
“I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a person in your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership?” she was quoted as saying in a prolonged profile.