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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-02-09 05:39 PM
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Autobiography of 10-year-old Divorcee Set to be a Bestseller
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1133865/Schoolgirl-divorcee-10-launches-book-shocking-child-bride-ordeal.html

Noujoud’s unemployed father, Mohammad Ali Al-Ahdal, told the court he felt obliged to marry off his daughter after receiving repeated threats from the would-be husband and his entourage.

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Now Nojoud and her eight year-old sister Hifa are able to go to school thanks to financial donations from human rights activists.

Her case was also taken up by politicians including Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice and the actress Nicole Kidman.

Visiting Pantin, a suburb of Paris yesterday, Nojoud said: ‘Now I want to return to school so as to become a lawyer and help other girls like me.’
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