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Nujood Ali

1998 - Today

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Nujood Ali (Arabic: نجود علي, born 1998) is a central figure in Yemen's movement against forced marriage and child marriage. At the age of ten, she obtained a divorce, breaking with the tribal tradition. In November 2008, the U.S. Women's magazine Glamour designated Nujood Ali as Woman of the Year, and associated her lawyer Shada Nasser to the same tribute. Ali's courage was praised by prominent women, including Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nujood Ali has received more than 368,891 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Nujood Ali is the 7,262nd most popular writer (down from 6,414th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Yemeni Writer.

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  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nujood Ali ranks 7,262 out of 7,302. Before her are Tapan Kumar Pradhan, Angelina Jordan, Julie Bindel, Amanda Beard, Adrianne Wadewitz, and Catherynne M. Valente. After her are Jesmyn Ward, Yaa Gyasi, Elena Huelva, Philippa Boyens, Rachel Morrison, and Kateryna Kalytko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1998, Nujood Ali ranks 406. Before her are José Luis Rodríguez, Ryotaro Ito, Paul Jaeckel, Cédric Zesiger, Desmond Bane, and Vladislav Artemiev. After her are Ananya Panday, Rasmus Pedersen, Alexis Claude-Maurice, Luca de la Torre, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and Paris Berelc.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Nujood Ali ranks 36 out of 35. Before her are Mohammed al-Houthi (1979), Khaled Bahah (1965), Saleh Ali al-Sammad (1979), Khadija al-Salami (1966), Ahmed Saleh (1972), and Keith Vaz (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Yemen

Among writers born in Yemen, Nujood Ali ranks 2. Before her are Wahb ibn Munabbih (655).

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