Wednesday September 2, 2009, 7:31 pm
"Like Nujood herself, I thought the mere act of demanding a divorce and getting one would ‘fix’ her life and allow her to return and remain in the embrace of her family.

The complexity of Nujood’s life is quite daunting to fathom now. At the age of 10, she defied her husband, his family and crucially, her own family to divorce her husband and return to the innocent life she so missed.

But after following Nujood’s story for more than a year now, it is far from a simple portrait of victory and triumph.

The key to Nujood’s life now is that she lives very much like an outcast in her community. The fame and the media attention have made her a choice topic for gossiping neighbors."

Read more at site..

Wednesday September 2, 2009, 7:40 pm
Between honor killings for young women who fall in love with the "wrong" man, and forcing little girls to marry men old enough to be their fathers, I wonder why some cultures, including Islamic ones, bother to have daughters in it at all.

Thursday September 3, 2009, 12:54 pm
She should get rid off her "community" and ask US for asylim as soon as she gets older.

Having such "Community" where Killings are paired with HONOUR is worse than being by herself. Ans surely, she is not raped daily. She deserves being a refugee for everything she had to endure.

Friday September 4, 2009, 2:58 am
I tried to send you a star, Dee, for this post, but I'm told I've already sent you one this week! (oh, well, it's the thought that counts..)

It is so rare to find a follow-up to the original stories that made the headlines. It's a great frustration never being able to find out what happened next or afterwards; the media's attention span rarely goes beyond a day!

I posted on this little girl's defiance (& her mom's help) in demanding a divorce...and there were only the journalist's hypotheses on whether or not she would succeed in getting it.

Thanks so much for this much-needed update to let us know what her life is like now -- so different from the triumphalism of Western journalists.

I do hope that she finds the way to a less oppressive society and/or that her action eventually becomes the first stone in building a less patriarchal society in Yemen, one that finally recognizes women's rights, the right of every woman to self-determination.

Saturday September 12, 2009, 6:05 pm
Thank you Alba..I know so often these stories fall silent..I was glad to find and submit an update on her..
I hope she does well too..

Monday September 21, 2009, 6:33 am
It is so disgusting that cultures like this even exist. it is so cruel and wrong to treat any human so cruely. but to be a young child, and a female in a country like this is horrid. i hope this young girl eventually is able to have a normal life (very unlikely) and marries a man worthy of her love eventually.