Nada's fight for self-respect
Her name is Nada Al-Ahdal, an 11-year-old Yemeni girl living with her uncle now. Of course, she has a family but she ran away from home driven by her dreams when her mother was about to marry her off with a Saudi expatriate living in Yemen. In an interview, the girl described the whole saga of how she did all these.
There are thousands of underage girls being compelled to get married around the world, especially in the underdeveloped countries. In Bangladesh child marriages are taking place quite often despite the awareness raising campaigns by the government. I think Nada Al-Ahdal represents all the liberal and self-respecting girls of the world.
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