At age ten, Nujood Ali was married off by her father to a man three times her age in Yemen. Beaten and abused, she escaped to the courthouse in Sana'a, where she told a judge she wanted a divorce, and a lawyer, Shada Nasser, took her case. Written with journalist Delphine Minoui, this memoir tells of her childhood in a poor village, the marriage, the escape, and the decision that made her the youngest divorced person in the world.
Readers interested in women's rights, child marriage, and personal stories from the Arab world will find it short and direct. It is written in a child's plain voice, which makes its account of courage and legal change all the more stark.
Clear-cut; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Olive Publications
- ISBN
- 9788187474548
- Language
- ML
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