![]() ![]() ![]() On the advice of her father's second wife, she went directly to the Yemeni court, alone, to seek a divorce. Regularly beaten by her in-laws and raped by her husband, Ali escaped on April 2, 2008, two months after the wedding. Nujood Ali was nine when her parents arranged a marriage to Faez Ali Thamer, a man in his thirties. Ali has also written a book together with French journalist Delphine Minoui called: I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced. Īli's lawyer Shada Nasser, born in 1964, is a feminist and specialist in human rights, whose involvement in Ali's case received much acclaim. Ali's courage was praised by prominent women, including Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. women's magazine Glamour designated Nujood Ali as Women of the Year, and associated her lawyer Shada Nasser to the same tribute. ![]() At the age of ten, she obtained a divorce, breaking with the tribal tradition. Nujood Ali ( Arabic: نجود علي, born 1998) is a central figure in Yemen's movement against forced marriage and child marriage. Glamour magazine's Women of the Year (with Shada Nasser) ![]()
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