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I AM NOJOOM, AGE 10 AND DIVORCED
Ana Nojoom bent alasherah wamotalagah
Synopsis
Ten year old Jemenite girl asks a judge in Sana’a to grant her a divorce from a horrible marriage, after she was married away to prevent a public scandal after a rape of her sister.
Synopsis
Ten year old Jemenite girl asks a judge in Sana’a to grant her a divorce from a horrible marriage, after she was married away to prevent a public scandal after a rape of her sister.
Our take
Adapting the autobiography of Nojood Ali, a Yemeni child-bride, documentarian Khadija Al-Salami—herself married at just 11 years old—makes her fiction feature debut. Winning the top prize at the Dubai Film Festival, I Am Nojoom is a searing reminder of the state of women’s rights across the globe.