Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she hopes her image will serve as an inspiration for girls “fighting for change” as a photograph of the girls’ education activist was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai says she hopes her image will serve as an inspiration for girls “fighting for change” as a photograph of the girls’ education activist was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery. Neshat’s other photograph of Yousafzai, who was shot in 2012 by Taliban militants who tried to kill her for promoting girls’ education, shows her seated at a school desk with an open book. Yousafzai was treated in hospital in Birmingham after the shooting and then went to school there. A portrait of Malala Yousafzai by Iranian-born artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat (Jorge Herrerera)Yousafzai said: “I am honoured to have my portrait included in the National Portrait Gallery alongside some of Britain’s most influential writers, artists and leaders.

Source: Irish Independent October 02, 2018 10:07 UTC