“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced was written by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui. It is the true story of a ten-year-old Yemeni girl named Nujood. The story takes place in a rustic village called Khardji, Yemen. Khardji is so small and remote that it does not make it onto most maps of the country. · 1/5. Summary. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced is a fairly short book for a memoir, but one that packs a pretty powerful message into its small size, much like the young girl whose story it tells. Nujood Ali became the youngest person in the world to seek and be granted a divorce.1/5.
NUJOOD ALI was the first child bride in Yemen to win a divorce. Named a Glamour Woman of the Year in , she has been profiled in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Time bltadwin.ru lives in Yemen. DELPHINE MINOUI, a recipient of the Albert Loudres Prize, has been covering Iran and the Middle East since She lives in Beirut. I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali; Delphine Minoui; Linda Coverdale [Translator] and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced Key Figures. Nujood. Minoui introduces Nujood as a modern-day heroine, a little girl who fights for her freedom and childhood against daunting odds. Born to and raised by a large family in a rural village in northern Yemen, Nujood grows up in relative isolation from the outside world.
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced was written by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui. It is the true story of a ten-year-old Yemeni girl named Nujood. The story takes place in a rustic village called Khardji, Yemen. Khardji is so small and remote that it does not make it onto most maps of the country. It is the last place you would expect to become a center in the age-old struggle for women's rights, and Nujood Ali, a ten-year old girl, was an unlikely hero. When her desperately poor father sold her into marriage to a much older man, she suffered months of horrific abuse before finding the courage to rebel, becoming the first child-bride in Yemen history to be granted divorce. “I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”.
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