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I'm Nojoum, Age 10 and Divorced

Name: I'm Nojoum, Age 10 and Divorced
Released: 2014

انا نجوم بنت العاشرة ومطلقة

2014

Married off at ten to a much older man to ease her impoverished family's burden, a Yemeni girl suffers in her new home and makes the astonishing decision to walk into a courtroom and demand a divorce. Based on a true story, a searing drama.

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Part of 2 Essential Films from Yemen

This film is stop 1 of 2 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Yemen. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Yemen in the 196 country film challenge.