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
306.8723092
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
306.8723092