Child bride in Yemen
Nujood Ali, 10, stands near her home on the outskirts of Sana, Yemen. Her father gave Nujood’s hand in marriage to a man three times her age. (Delphine Minoui / For The Times)
Nujood Ali sits with her father, Ali Mohammed Ahdal, who is unemployed and has two wives and 16 children. Yemeni law sets the age of consent at 15. But tribal customs and interpretations of Islam often trump the law in this country of 23 million. (Delphine Minoui / For The Times)
Human rights lawyer Shada Nasser is representing Nujood Ali. Publicity surrounding the case prompted calls for tightened legislation, which conservative Yemeni lawmakers refused to take up. (Delphine Minoui / For The Times)
Nujood Ali, left, sits in the living room of her modest home with her mother, Shuaieh. All I want now is to finish my education, Nujood said. I want to be a lawyer. (Delphine Minoui / For The Times)
