Ziauddin Yousafzai

Yousafzai wrote an autobiography titled Let Her Fly which was published in November 2018. In his book he describes his fight for the rights of all children to have an equal education, and speaks about opportunities and social and political recognition.

In 2017, Yousafzai was awarded, along with his daughter, an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa.

On June 11, 2015, Yousafzai received an Honorary doctorate of law from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada for his commitment to peace, as well as his ongoing efforts for the educational rights of girls in Pakistan and beyond.

Yousafzai has a wife, named Tor Pekai, a daughter, Malala, and two sons, Khushal and Atal. His first daughter (born 1997) was stillborn. Ziauddin has been seen on interviews with his daughter, being able to speak fluent English, Urdu, and Pashto.

Ziauddin Yousafzai (born 20 April 1969 Shangla, Pakistan) is a Pakistani education activist best known as the father of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who protested against the Taliban's opposition to the education rights of girls, especially for Pakistani girls. He is currently the Co-Founder and Board Member of Malala Fund and the author of Let Her Fly.

He was born on 20 April 1969 in a Sunni Muslim family of Pashtun ethnicity. Ziauddin's father was the orator Rohul Amin Yousafzai, who was also a teacher of theology at a government high school, Imam of the local mosque. As teacher he used to run a chain of schools known as the Khushal Public School, named after a famous Pashtun poet, Khushal Khan Khattak, as well as being a member of the Rotary Club of Swat.