Divorced at Age 10

Writer Cynthia Gorney recounts the story of Nujood Ali, a young girl from Yemen who stood up to the tribal tradition of forced marriage.

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[ccaptorchen]

the Aztects make live human sacrifice... its tradition.. its their culture...

so fucking what? culture and tradition means nothing if it infringes human rights

[jmdnarri]

@souther What if your "traditional duty" was to be miserable for the rest of your life? To hate your work, be forced to marry someone you don't like, and give up the dreams you have for yourself? "Tradition" is nothing more than an excuse to force misery onto people for no good reason.

[NessaWakchazi]

National Geographic Good job on this story Writer Cynthia Gorney

Awesome Girl !!!

[grubelsucht]

The French interior minister is standing by remarks that not all civilisations are equal, even as critics denounced his comments as dangerous and xenophobic. "I do not regret [the comments]," Claude Gueant said. "Those which defend humanity seem to us to be more advanced than those that do not," he said. "Those which defend liberty, equality and fraternity, seem to us superior to those which accept tyranny, the subservience of women, social and ethnic hatred."

[Safia1117]

@karlsmith00 A law was just passed in Yemen making the minimum age for marriage 17 years old.

[teachmehowtobreathee]

@karlsmith00 Why, you must have a sad sad life being so incredibly hateful. And you are hopeless. I feel truly sorry for you!

My one question which you don't seem to be answering is: what is your point? Why are you spending so much time on this topic? What is your solution? Abandon the Islamic religion? Get rid of it all for once? Will that solve all problems? Because it's not normal to be so severely hateful. Maybe you should get psychoanalyzed...

[teachmehowtobreathee]

@karlsmith00 No, you just seem to live in some fairy tale world. Just because drugs are illegal doesn't mean they don't exist. People who love money will do anything for, which includes child porn. So just because it's illegal doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Also, yes, I agree it should be illegal in Yemen, too. I have read her story. I'm also not defending, I'm clarifying. But whatever dude, since you don't answer my question as to what your solution is it seems like a waste of a time to me...

[teachmehowtobreathee]

@karlsmith00 Besides, I'm not excusing the actions of muslim men at all. I think it is truly the worst crime to see girls as a sex object. Of course, I agree that it should be illegal. But no, not all of the koran is stating "LET'S FUCK CHILDREN"....and not all muslim men have sex with them - if you have been to the middle east and practically have seen only things that confirm your claim - I will truly apologize and know that I am mistaken. It's also a lot of western propaganda, you know....

[teachmehowtobreathee]

@karlsmith00 Well done, it's illegal. But it's still out there! I'm not uneducated, I have travelled to many places and worked in developing countries to help improve people's lifestyle. It's difficult to understand your hatred when you are so small-minded. So what, in your point of view, should we do? Abandon religion? Kill all muslims? There really isn't a simple answer to this complex issue..it seems obvious that dehumanizing a religious group won't be a solution to pedophiliac activity...

[kkorova]

What happened to Najood Ali? after taking advantage of this young "heroin", not only the media but politicians, actors and organizations used her to gain some public. Years later, after being on the spotlight, she´s still poor, she has no possibility to get education and worst of all, she´s been forgotten.

[Maloy7800]

Stupid, pathetic, miserable and unhappy American bitch judging other people only because they are different. Grabbing every opportunity to make the world as similar as possible to her tiny, cold, dark world, filled with styleless pink scarves and sensual speeches about problems that's don't exist. Somebody, PLEASE sacrifice your dick and FUCK Mizz Gorney, show her where life really IS.