Khadija al-Salami : 2014
Ana Nojoom bent alasherah wamotalagah
A 10-year-old girl walks into a courtroom, looks at the judge straight in the eye and tells him: "I want a divorce". Her name is Nojoom, she was married by force to a man twenty years older than her, and she escaped. But in Yemen, there is no age requirement for marriage. Little Nojoom will later write a bestseller about her story. Documentary filmmaker Khadija al-Salami, herself married by force at age 11 and exiled in France, has made Nojoom's story into a stunning first fiction film – a beautiful plea for all these girls forced into womanhood too soon and for their right to a life on their own terms. Her film was winner of the Muhr Award for Best Fiction Feature at Dubai International Film Festival 2014, and had its European premiere in competition at International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights 2015.
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