Nujood Ali Quotes
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I'm a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.
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Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises.
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My divorce has changed my life. I don’t cry anymore. My bad dreams are starting to go away. I feel stronger, as if all these ordeals have toughened me. When I go out in the street, sometimes women in the neighborhood call to me, congratulating me and shouting ‘Mabrouk!’ – a word once tainted by evil memories, but which I know like to hear again. And shouted by women I don’t even know! I blush, but deep down I’m so proud.
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Marriage was invented to make girls miserable. I will never get married again, not ever again.
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A divorce party - that's really better than a wedding party
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