I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced

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I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced, is a 2014 Yemeni movie, directed by Khadija Al-Salami, and starring Rana Mohammed, Reham Mohammed, Adnan Alkhader. with a runtime of 96 minutes.

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I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced is a Yemeni-set drama based on a true story, following ten-year-old Nojoom who is forced into marriage with a thirty-year-old man. For her impoverished family, the dowry represents a small financial relief and one less child to feed. But for Nojoom, it marks the beginning of an ordeal — daily labor under harsh conditions and nightly abuse at the hands of a man two decades her senior, all within a social structure that considers the arrangement entirely legitimate. The film is a searing indictment of child marriage and a testament to one girl's extraordinary courage in fighting back.

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