OnMarch19，MalalaYousafzai，a15-year-oldPakistanistudentandwomen'seducationactivist，returnedtotheclassroomforthefirsttimesincebeingviolentlyattackedbyamemberoftheTaliban----aterroristorganization----onOctober9，201

　　On March 19，Malala Yousafzai，a 15-year-old Pakistani student and women's education activist，returned to the classroom for the first time since being violently attacked by a member of the Taliban----a terrorist organization----on October 9，2012．Malala was shot on her way home from school in Mingora，Pakistan．A Taliban group took responsibility for the attack，claiming that the attack should serve as a warning to others．Members of the group follow a strict version of the local religion and believe girls are not permitted to go to school．Malala was targeted because she is appealing for girls'rights to education in Swat Valley，Pakistan．

　　Malala recovers from the attack at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham，England．After a long period of recovery，Malala is starting as a nine-year student at Edgbaston High School．It is the oldest independent girl school in Birmingham，England．Though she has no concrete plans to return to Pakistan，Malala still speaks out as a voice for change in her country and everywhere．

　　"I am excited that today I have achieved my dreams of going back to school．I want all girls in the world to have this basic opportunity，"Malala said in a statement．"I miss my classmates from Pakistan very much but I am looking forward to meeting my teachers and making new friends here in Birmingham．"

　　Malala has been an Internet blogger，or writer，since she was 11years old．In 2011she was awarded Pakistan's National Peace Award for her bravery in writing about difficulties of life and education in the shadow of Taliban．She has spoken publicly about children's rights and been nominated（提名）for an international children's peace prize．

　　After the attack in 2012，support for Malala poured in from around the world．The United Nations declared November 10Malala Day．Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the day honors Malala and shows the world that people of all sexes，all backgrounds and all countries stand behind