Celebrities Flood Malala Yousafzai With Congratulatory Wishes After She Announces Her Wedding
On Monday night, the 24-year-old took to her Instagram handle and confirmed the news by sharing pictures from her intimate wedding ceremony.
Congratulations are for Malala Yousafzai after she announced her 'Nikaah' with Asser on social media. On Monday night, the 24-year-old took to her Instagram handle and confirmed the news.
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She shared pictures from her intimate wedding ceremony.
"Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life. 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," she captioned the post.
Malala, an advocate for girls' education, survived a Pakistani Taliban assassination attempt when they shot her in the head when she was just 15 years old.
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Malala bounced back to life and became an inspiration for women all around the globe after she graduated from Oxford and went on to become a global figure promoting education for girls.
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In October 2012, Malala was shot by Taliban gunmen for actively supporting girls' right to education in Mingora, Swat Valley in northern Pakistan. She left the country and shifted to Birmingham, UK.
Malala also underlined the importance of girls' education, calling it a 'social movement' and vowing to continue to advocate it in her home country.
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At the age of 17, Malala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her contributions to and struggle for promoting education for children. She shared the prize with Kailash Satyarthi, a children's rights activist.
Wishes started pouring in for Malala from all over the globe.
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Priyanka Chopra Jonas wished 'joy and happiness' to Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who began a new chapter of life by tying the knot in a small nikkah ceremony at her Birmingham home.
PC reshared a picture from Malala's Nikaah ceremony and wrote:
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"Congratulations @malala Wishing you so much joy and happiness. You are an absolute vision!!"
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Malala and Chopra go way back as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka. The youngest Nobel Prize winner, Malala, has earlier worked together on a special project about the importance of education among children.
Canadian vlogger and talk show host Lilly Singh, too, congratulated Malala.
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Hollywood star Reese Witherspoon called Malala's nikah ceremony a "wonderful moment."
Malala made headlines in July this year after she told British Vogue magazine that she was not sure if she would ever marry.
She was quoted in the magazine saying,
"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?"
(With agency inputs)
