Nujood Ali is a central figure in Yemen's movement against forced marriage and child marriage.
11 Facts About Nujood Ali
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Nujood Ali's lawyer Shada Nasser, born in 1964, is a feminist and specialist in human rights, whose involvement in Nujood Ali's case received much acclaim.
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Nujood Ali was nine when her parents arranged a marriage to Faez Ali Thamer, a man in his thirties.
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Nujood Ali built her clientele by offering services to female prisoners.
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Nujood Ali rejected the judge's proposal that she resume living with her husband after a break of three to five years.
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Nujood Ali returned to school in the fall of 2008, for the first time since her marriage, with plans to become a lawyer.
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In 2010, Nujood Ali's family moved to a new two-story residence bought with the help of her French publisher and running a grocery store on the ground floor of the building.
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In 2013 Nujood Ali reported to the media that her father had forced her out of their home, and has withheld most of the money paid by the publishers.
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Nujood Ali's father has arranged a marriage for her younger sister, Haifa.
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Nujood Ali used the money earmarked for Ali's education to buy two new wives for himself, and, according to haaretz.
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Nujood Ali's family has been said to have pressured her to demand more money.