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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
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 ...
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 ...
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"
My journey to becoming a "trad wife" — or traditional wife — started in 2012 when I made dinner for a man I barely knew. He was from another country and had recently moved into my building.
In modern day Yemen, women are subject to tribal and patriarchal traditions that keep them from advancing. Combined with illiteracy and poverty, this has led to women in Yemen being deprived of their rights as citizens. Due to the ongoing armed conflict in Yemen since the end of March 2015, Yemen is undergoing a humanitarian crisis worldwide ...
He and his wife — a blended religious family — embrace the various dimensions of their celebrations. “While we maintain elements of old traditions, the emphasis lies on the universal values ...