Malala, Sumail named in Time’s list of 30 most influential teens

Islamabad - Youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai and video gamer Sumail Hassan, have been listed in the Times’ 30 Most Influential Teens of 2016.

At present, Malala Yousafzai is working towards urging “world leaders to set aside $1.4 billion this year toward educating young refugees,” TIME Magazine said.

The 19-year-old female education advocate Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel laureate in history when she won the peace prize at age 17 two years ago.

Malala was shot by the Taliban when she was 11-years-old. She received a bullet injury to her head but successfully recovered after undergoing a surgery in Britain, and she living there since then.

Sumail Hassan, 17, won his team Evil Geniuses the Defense of the Ancient 2 (Dota 2) Asian championship in China in 2015 when he was just 15-years-old. The team bagged $1.2 million in prize money at the competition.

At the age of seven, Hassan sold his bike for a cheap price in order to get some change to play video games at an Internet cafe. “It was the bad move,” said Hassan, with a laugh.

“Hassan has become the youngest person ever to earn $1 million playing competitive video games, making him a phenomenon in the rapidly growing world of e-sports ,” TIME Magazine added. The child prodigy moved to the US in 2014 and spent some of his winnings - now at $2.3 million and counting - to buy a house for his his parents and five siblings.

Time said it compiled its annual list by considering accolades across numerous fields, global impact through social media and overall ability to drive news.

All teenagers come from totally different backgrounds and fields, and they all have numerous accolades and achievements.

COMPLETE LIST

Maddie Ziegler, 14
Skai Jackson, 14
Logan Guleff, 14
Gaten Matarazzo, 14
Sasha Obama, 15
and Malia Obama, 18
Rachel Zietz, 16
Laurie Hernandez, 16
Kiara Nirghin, 16
Chloe Kim, 16
Yara Shahidi, 16
James Charles, 17
Sumail Hassan, 17
Gavin Grimm, 17
Amndla Stenberg, 17
Ben Pasternak, 17
Zara Larsson, 17
Yusra Mardini, 18
Jaden Smith, 18
Shawn Mendes, 18
Luka Sabbat, 18
Katie Ledecky, 19
George Matus, 19
Maisie Williams, 19
Simone Biles, 19
Camila Cabello, 19
Chloe Grace Moretz, 19
Barbie Ferreira, 19
Malala Yousafzai , 19
Kylie Jenner, 19

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