Kailash Satyarthi background

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Wikipedia
Born: July 12, 1997 (age 17), Mingora, Pakistan
Nationality: Pakistani
Education: Edgbaston High School
Books: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Parents: Tor Pekai Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai
Awards: Sakharov Prize, National Malala Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has won the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Kailash Satyarthi of India alala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The prize was awarded jointly to Malala and Kailash Satyarthi from India, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".
"The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim - an Indian and a Pakistani - to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.