Monday, February 02, 2009

Yemen's 10-year-old divorcée Nojoud Ali has written a book...

A schoolgirl who was married by the age of eight today launched a new book about her extraordinary ordeal.  

Nojoud Ali, now aged 10, is in Paris promoting an autobiography which is set to be a worldwide bestseller.  

British publishers are already queuing up for the rights to a story which has been taken up by women’s rights groups worldwide.  

Last year a court in Yemen annulled Nojoud’s arranged marriage to a 29-year-old man. More...

See also:

  1. Yemen: 10-year-old Nujood, married, raped and divorced, is Woman of the Year!!!
  2. Britain: young Asian girls and forced marriages...
  3. Yemen: poor country with poor people, but big,expensive mosque for the president...
  4. Yemen: child brides fight the system...
  5. She's only 10, but she's already been married, raped, beaten and divorced!!

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