Her age was estimated to be ten when her father negotiated a marriage contract for her with a man three times her age. There is no official record of her birth, and with so many children in the family - sixteen to be exact - even her mother couldn't say for sure exactly when she was born. Born into a very large family in rural Yemen - who later moved to the capitol - she wasn't even certain of her age at the time these events unfolded. Nujood Ali became the youngest person in the world to seek and be granted a divorce.
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced is a fairly p short book for a memoir, but one that packs a pretty powerful message into its small size, much like the young girl whose story it tells. With the help of a women's rights advocate acting as her attorney and the news media backing her cause, she was able to win a divorce from her husband, a major feat in the conservative country of Yemen and one that inspired other young girls in the Middle East to challenge their marriages as well. Even though the contract supposedly stipulated that her husband wasn't to touch her until she reached puberty, Nujood suffered repeated rapes and beatings at his hands until she risked a daring escape and went to the courthouse, seeking an audience with a judge. Nujood Ali grew up learning to never question the orders of her father and other male relatives, and as a result, her childhood abruptly ended at roughly ten years of age, when her father negotiated a marriage contract for her with a man three times her age.
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