I am nujood age 10 and divorced ebook
Photograph by Delphine Minoui My head is spinning— I’ve never seen so many people. In the yard outside the courthouse, a crowd is bustling in every direction. No one sees me: I’m too small for them. I’m only ten years old, maybe not even that. Who knows? People say judges are the ones who help people in need. So I have to find one and tell him my story. I’m exhausted. It’s hot under my veil, I have a headache, and I’m so ashamed. I spy a group of men in uniforms. If they see me, they might arrest me. A little girl running away from home. Trembling, I discreetly latch on to the first passing veil, hoping to get the attention of the woman it conceals. “ I want to talk to the judge.” Two big eyes framed in black stare at me in surprise. “ What judge are you looking for?” “ Take me to a judge—it doesn’t matter which one!” She stares at me, astonished. “ Follow me,” the woman finally says. The door opens onto a room full of people, and at the far end, behind a desk, a thin-faced man with a mustache. It’s the judge at last. I sit down, rest my head against the back of the chair, and await my turn. “ And what can I do for you?” A man’s voice rouses me from my dozing. It is a curiously gentle voice. I rub my face and recognize, standing in front of me, the judge with the mustache. The room is almost empty. “ I want a divorce.” When her family would not help her escape the horror her life had become, this Yemeni child acted on her own. Photograph by Delphine Minoui The Agreement In Khardji,the village in Yemen where I was born, women are not taught how to make choices. When she was about 16, Shoya, my mother, married my father, Ali Mohammad al- Ahdel, without protest. And when he decided four years later to choose a second wife, my mother obediently accepted his decision. It was with that same resignation that I at first agreed to my marriage, without realizing what was at stake. At.
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion on I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood Ali. 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. Nujood was a fun-loving, free-spirited ten-year-old, who loved school and drawing with her colored pencils. Like any ten-year-old, she loved playing with her siblings and the neighborhood children. Then, Nujood is forced by her father to marry a thirty-year-old man whom she does not meet until after the marriage contract is signed. Nujood’s mother had been forced into a marriage when she was sixteen and had given birth to sixteen children, some of whom died young or at birth. But the family had lots of mouths to feed and Ali, the father, supported his family with the livestock he raised. The family, who lived in a house without electricity, running water or a telephone, barely made ends meet. When scandal hit his family, they were forced to leave the village and all their animals and possessions behind. They moved to the big city of Sana’a where their home life continued to deteriorate. After Ali lost his job sweeping streets, he began spending his days with other men in the neighborhood, chewing khat and gossiping about their neighbors. One of the men in the group, a thirty-year-old named Faez asked Ali to agree to a marriage between him and one of Ali’s daughters. Two of his older daughters were already married and ten-year-old Nujood was next in line. Ali readily agreed to.
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