And now, according to her father Ziauddin’s Twitter handle, Nobel prize victor Malala Yousafzai passed O-level exams with an astounding 6A*s and 4As grades on Friday.
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Ms Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel peace prize past year for her education campaigning, making her the youngest person ever to receive the honour.
Malala became a global icon after she was shot and almost killed by the Taliban in October 2012 for insisting that girls had a right to an education.
GCSEs are exams in a wide range of subjects usually taken by all children in Britain at the end of their fifth year in high school. Although she nearly died, she recovered after being flown for extensive surgery in Birmingham, central England.
Malala was shot by the Taliban after writing a diary about life under their rule in North-West Pakistan.
A tweet from her father Ziauddin Yousafzai revealed his daughter’s grades.
Malala, 18, studied at Edgbaston High School in Birmingham, which had an overall pass rate of 98.3% in the GCSE results released on Thursday.
Malala’s life is an unparalleled story of an ordinary Pak girl who overcame a number of painful and frightening ordeals with providence and will power.
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She gave her first public speech in September 2008, entitled “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to an education?”.
