When the Taliban took over the Swat valley in Pakistan in 2007 and started closing private schools in order to limit the access to education for girls. Two years later, 11-year-old Malala Yousafzai started blogging on the BBC Urdu service, encouraged by a radio correspondent from the nearby Peshavar. He also suggested that she write under the pseudonym, 'Gul Makai', meaning 'cornflower'. She wrote about the authorities' activity and everyday life in her village.