Nujood’s courageous story, “I Am Nujood, Age 10 Divorced,” was just published in the United States this week. Her ordeal as chronicled in the book began when she was in the 2nd grade, before she had even had her first menstrual cycle. Though her father remained unswayed by her protestations, he did request of her future husband to abstain from sexual contact with Nujood until after her first menstruation. On the day of her wedding, this small, scared girl remained curled up in a corner crying, that night her husband raped her for the first time.
04/03/2010
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