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A harrowing video has been posted on online of an 11-year-old Yemeni girl who ran away to escape an arranged marriage.
Nada al-Ahdal says she was only saved from the forced engagement after her uncle intervened.
'Go ahead and marry me off - I'll kill myself,' she warns in the video, dated July 8, and posted on YouTube.


'Don't they have any compassion?' I'm better off dead. I'd rather die.'
She continues: 'It’s not [the kids'] fault. I’m not the only one. It can happen to any child.'
'Some children decided to throw themselves into the sea, they’re dead now. They have killed our dreams, they have killed everything inside us. There’s nothing left. There is no upbringing. This is criminal, this is simply criminal.'
In the video filmed in a car, she explains why she does not want to leave her family home saying: 'I would have had no life, no education,' she says in the video


The video finishes with her stating: 'I'm done with you, you ruined my dreams.'
The schoolgirl. one of eight children, was taken in by her uncle Abdel Salam al-Ahdal, when she was aged three.
But when a Yemeni expatriate living in Saudi Arabia asked her parents if he could marry her, they readily agreed.
In an interview with National Yemen, Nada accuses her mother of arranging the marriage for profit.
'But I'm not an item for sale,' she says.
'I'm a human being and I would rather die than get married at this age.'
Nada, has an 18-year-old sister who has already been engaged many times.
Her parents accepted each new proposal and took a partial down payment for a bride price.
They would then postpone the marriage until the groom had accumulated enough money before ending the engagement and keeping the down payment.
Her uncle was horrified his young niece who lived with him, his son and his elderly mother was being married off.
He told NOW: 'When I heard about the groom, I panicked. Nada was not even 11 years old; she was exactly 10 years and 3 months. I could not allow her to be married off and have her future destroyed, especially since her aunt was forced to marry at 13 and burnt herself.
'I did all I could to prevent that marriage. I called the groom and told him Nada was no good for him. I told him she did not wear the veil and he asked if things were going to remain like that. I said ‘yes, and I agree because she chose it. I also told him that she liked singing and asked if he would remain engaged to her.'
Her parents were not happy the engagement was called off and demanded that Nada be returned home to them.
But following her return home, Nada disappeared after her parents tried to marry her off again against her will.
When her uncle found her again, he informed authorities and Nada was eventually allowed to return to live with her uncle, her father's brother - she then posted the horrifying video online.
The practice of marrying young girls is widespread in Yemen and has drawn the attention of international rights groups seeking to pressure the government to outlaw child marriages.
Yemen's gripping poverty plays a role in hindering efforts to stamp out the practice, as poor families find themselves unable to say no to bride-prices in the hundreds of dollars for their daughters.
More than a quarter of Yemen's females marry before age 15, according to a report in 2010 by the Social Affairs Ministry.
Tribal custom also plays a role, including the belief that a young bride can be shaped into an obedient wife, bear more children and be kept away from temptation.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2373151/Nada-Al-Ahdal-Escaped-Yemeni-child-bride-11-explains-ran-away-home.html#ixzz2ZmDiCZQg
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Well done Stella and Omotola..........why is this not on front page ?? Lemme not see Mocheddah in a bikini there o!!!

I m literally sickened by everything going on in this useless so called country right now............sickened

So what has become of the police driver??

Not just DUI but reckless endangerment .......they need to pay proper compensation......do they think its only hospital bills that they will pay?

It's a shame Nigeria is not a country, if it were, policemen won't get away with these things

What a shame, what a pity.......... I ve had it with this hell hole

I ll let my dogs have a taste of him from the gate

Well done Omotola.......this is why you ll always be elevated to higher heights

I love this woman!!!

justwise: you could see that she was coached by whoever gave her that drug, just to keep the fashion designer story line but she was struggling to even explain it

justwise: You can the smug in her face when they were searching her...she thinking ...well they are not going to find anything on me, forgetting that internal examination will be carried out as well.

Silly woman.

Lol!!! Don't mind her.........a whole mama somebody carrying drugs

^^^^ what are you on about when you didn't watch it

@video.........OMG!!! That old Mama, na wa o.........$190,000 worth!!!
And how could she be claiming fashion designer??
She should enjoy her new home till 2020

Look at the speed with which they brought in Federal police for her even when her bag swipe revealed no trace of narcotics
But the Australian citizen and wife who's bag swipes showed cocaine were let off like that, no CT scan , no questions asked

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I love this lady!!!!
She co-hosts the brand new talk show "The Real"

'I was a 29-year-old virgin': Sister Sister's Tamera Mowry reveals she has only ever slept with her husband Adam Housley

While not quite The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Tamera Mowry-Housley has surprised co-stars by revealing she has only ever had sex with one person.
The former Sister, Sister star dished to her fellow The Real panel members on Thursday that she did not lose her virginity until she was 29-years-old.
The now 35-year-old frankly told the ladies of the talk show that not only did she stay a virgin till she was almost 30, but after finally having sex then decided to stay celibate until she got married.


However that is not the end of the story.
Tamara regretted losing her virginity however, and so decided to wait until she married three years later to have sex again.
'You may not understand this [but] I did it, then I felt guilty, then I became celibate until I got married.'
Tamara married Fox News correspondent Adam Housley in 2011 after dating for almost six years.
Just before meeting her husband the famous twin dated Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane.


Tamara and her husband recently had their first child, a son named Aden, last November.
While claiming to be conservative, the star said that does not mean she is boring - especially in the bedroom.
Referring to when a sex therapist talked to the woman of the new talk show, she said pointing at herself: 'Guess who knew everything?'


Her frank statement bought applause from cast member Adrienne Bailon - who has become infamous for her very revealing public wardrobe malfunctions.
Rob Kardashian's former girlfriend said: 'Just because you only had sex with one person doesn't mean you're not a freak and I think that that's a good thing.
'I think people think that you could only be a freak by doing it with a bunch of people. You can be a freak and just be a freak with one person. That is beautiful and dope.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2369828/Tamera-Mowry-Housley-reveals-stayed-celibate-marriage.html#ixzz2ZWoqi4Tx
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^^^^

Where's Rawlings when you need him?

He is British......they should handle their matter

But only 2 teeth? That's the problem right there

Lee Rigby shouted and nobody heard him and he's dead now

He s living in prison rent free chopping good food and he's complaining of two missing teeth

If I complete the 'edentulation' for him eh.........stupid boy

When will he ever show remorse?

She's pretty

biafranqueen: This is touching they look so happy !

My thoughts exactly........happy people!

all4naija: Nigeria is the epitome of STRESS. The society is not organized. That list is for sure.

True.Its trademark is stress. I wouldn't challenge that at all.

It's true that his post on Facebook did not give room for reconciliation . Too bad

Lovely interview.....thoroughly enjoyed it

Lol.......please take it easy with her abeg!!! Lmao
I don't think she realises the implication of the things she does sometimes
This woman is a case study

Why should the fan sing after paying to watch her sing!?

Can't they make laws/ amendments that are progressive for once in their useless life?!!?
Nigeria is finished

Happy birthday Seun and Afam
Are they twins?

It's Hilarious!!!!!
Rita Dominic was the bomb!!!!
Thank God the waiter kept his distance cus prank or no prank he would ve received one nice slap before he knew what was happening
She was livid men!!! Lol.........for a minute I thought she was acting but the last scene convinced me it was real

And Banky too didn't fare any better........the cussing didnt have part 2......lol

So how hard is it to bake a cake since he owns a bakery?
And why is his face like stone? Is he angry ??

Her reward awaits.....wether here on earth or in Heaven