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  2. Nujood Ali - Wikipedia

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    Nujood Ali was nine when her parents arranged a marriage to Faez Ali Thamer, a man in his thirties. [7] Regularly beaten by her in-laws and raped by her husband, Ali escaped on April 2, 2008, two months after the wedding. On the advice of her uncles second wife, she went directly to the Yemeni court, alone, to seek a divorce

  3. Polygamy in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    Polygamy in Yemen is significantly less common than it is in the "polygamy belt", a predominantly Muslim area of Western and Central Africa where the practice is most common. [2] Additionally, women living in rural areas or mountainous settings are more likely to contract a polygamous marriage than women living in the coastal region or urban ...

  4. Nada al-Ahdal - Wikipedia

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    Nada Al-Ahdal (Arabic: ندى الأهدل; born March 3, 2003) is a human rights activist and resident of Yemen known for escaping two different child marriage pacts her parents had made for her. In 2013, al-Ahdal posted a YouTube video decrying child marriage and her being forced into marriage contracts, which quickly went viral and prompted ...

  5. Women in Yemen - Wikipedia

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    Today, many Yemeni activist women believe that Shari'a can be interpreted to further include women in the social, political, economic, and cultural life of the country. [19] Many of the discriminatory policies restrict familial rights of women. Women in Yemen cannot marry a non-Yemeni without approval from both her family and the state. [5]

  6. Category:Culture of Yemen - Wikipedia

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    Cultural organizations based in Yemen (4 C) R. Yemeni records (2 P) Religion in Yemen (9 C, 4 P) Yemen researchers (1 C, 12 P) S. ... Pages in category "Culture of Yemen"

  7. I'm a Hindu and my wife is Christian, so we have different ...

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    I am Hindu, and my wife is Christian, which has presented some challenges. We had a wedding filled with the vibrancy of Indian culture and the traditions of American culture. I find that our ...

  8. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in Yemen

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    The urban homayni style known in the capital of Yemen, Sanaani singing, is the most well-known today. Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices + [a] 2021 01718: The artistic practice of writing Arabic letters and words to convey grace and beauty. Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices + [b] 2022 01902

  9. What do people mean when they refer to 'traditional marriage ...

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    Same-sex marriage, which has been the law of the land across the U.S. since 2015, is a settled matter to most Americans — 71% of whom, in an all-time high this year, support it.But it still ...