![]() ![]() ![]() Since her victory, Nujood has given other young girls the courage to stand up to their society's customs. With the help of a woman lawyer, Chadha Nasser, NGOs and the local press, Nujood finally obtained her freedom, an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where there is a conspiracy of silence about the fact that almost half the girls are married under the legal age. I’m a simple village girl who has always obeye. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced tells the story of Nujood Ali, a Yemeni girl who is possibly the youngest divorcée in the world. Instead of going to the market to buy bread, she took a taxi to the court building. Read 2,717 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. ![]() With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands, beginning with the very first night of her married life, and ending the day she slipped away during an errand. Nujood's childhood came to an abrupt end when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. The true story of a 10-year-old girl who won a divorce from the man she was forced to marry, courageously defying both Yemeni customs and her own family. Author(s): Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui ![]()
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