I am Nujood, age 10 and divorced /

Ali, Nujood.

I am Nujood, age 10 and divorced / Nujood Ali, with Delphine Minoui. - New York : Enfield : Three Rivers ; Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2010. - 192 p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Ten years old Nujood Ali ran away from her arranged marriage to a much older man & with the help of lawyer Chadha Nasser, won a landmark divorce through the courts in Yemen. Her story exposes the extent of child marriage in Yemen, & the sexual & psychological abuse that so often results.


Translated from the French.

9780307589675 (pbk.) : �7.99


Ali, Nujood.


Child marriage--Yemen (Republic)
Girls--Social conditions.--Yemen (Republic)
Biography.


Yemen (Republic)--Social life and customs.

HQ784.C55 / A45 2010

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