''I Am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced'' () is a 2014 Yemeni

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Khadija al-Salami Khadija al-Salami ( ar, خديجة السلامي; born November 11, 1966, in Sana'a, Yemen), is the first Yemeni female film producer and director. Al-Salami currently resides in Paris, France. She has been nominated and also won awards at film f ...

. It was selected as the Yemeni entry for the

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at the 89th Academy Awards, the first time that Yemen had submitted a film for consideration. However, it was not nominated. The film is based on the story of

Nujood Ali Nujood Ali ( ar, نجود علي) (born 1998) is a central figure in Yemen's movement against forced marriage and child marriage. At the age of ten, she obtained a divorce, breaking with the tribal tradition. In November 2008, the U.S. women's ...

, who sought divorce from her abusive husband at age 10.

Plot

Nojoom, a ten year old Yemeni girl, asks a judge in Sana'a to grant her a divorce from a horrible marriage after she was married away to prevent a public scandal following the rape of her sister.

Cast

* Reham Mohammed as Nojoom * Adnan Alkhader as Judge

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* 2014 films 2014 drama films Yemeni drama films 2010s Arabic-language films Films about pedophilia {{2010s-drama-film-stub

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