Malala Yousafzai Attended Her First Concert: Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras ​​Tour’

Malala Yousafzai attended her first ‘proper’ concert in spectacular style.

The education activist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, 27, went with him Taylor Swift‘s The Eras Tour at Wembley Stadium in London over the weekend, sharing photos of the event via social media on Saturday, August 17.

The Pakistani star attended the concert with her husband, Asser Malikand a few friends.

“It feels magical that my first proper concert will be seeing @TaylorSwift, singing along to all the songs surrounded by friends,” Yousafzai captioned an Instagram post.

The post showed several photos from the event, including one of her wearing pink heart-shaped sunglasses with Malik, one of the 34-year-old’s three arms wearing Swift’s trademark friendship bracelets, and another of Yousafzai and two friends including her. Sarah Jehaan Khan and a final shot of Yousafzai raising her hands in the air to guide the heart on stage.

I I am Malala the author also explained what the event, and seeing Swift in concert, meant to him, describing his memories from growing up in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Yousafzai also included throwback photos from her childhood to further illustrate her meaning.

“One of my favorite memories in Swat Valley is a trip I took when I was in middle school with my best friend, Moniba (second photo, left). Giggling, we went to the waterfall hidden in the green mountain,” he wrote. “We were very happy because we were finally allowed to go to school and be outside with our friends, laugh and sing together.

His post continued, “Having lived in a time when music and art were banned, music felt like a gift. Moniba and I found the highest rock we could find, climbed on top of it and announced to all our classmates and teachers that we are going to perform our new favorite song, INDABA YOTHANDO. We sang with all our hearts, enjoying every second. That’s where my Swiftie journey began.”

The devoted fan ended her post by sharing a message of hope directed at Swift. “One day I hope we will live in a world where every girl can enjoy music and live her wildest dreams,” Yousafzai wrote.

Yousafzai has previously spoken about her fascination with women in the entertainment industry, she said Us Weekly in March 2023 to be inspired by the success of others. “I am very grateful to all the female directors, producers, actors, for the work they have done,” said Yousafzai. Us at the 95th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 12. “We all know that this has not been an easy journey for them, and there are still many challenges to face.

Yousafzai worked as an executive producer on the movie Stranger at the Gatenominated in the Best Documentary Short category at the awards ceremony.

Yousafzai became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in history at the age of 17 in October 2014.

He first made waves in 2009 when he detailed what life was like in Pakistan under Taliban occupation in a first-person account published by the Taliban. BBC. Although he wrote the piece under a pseudonym, he was publicly identified by his father in December 2009.

He was also the subject of a New York Times documentary that year, which again shed light on her work to improve girls’ education in her country.