I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

In this chapter, Nujood states that she now “feel[s] like a new Nujood” (121). She enjoys the sound of traffic and the thoughts of eating multiple ice cream cones and petting cats. Wearing new clothes given to her by Shada to celebrate her victory, a pink sweatshirt and jeans, she notes that she now also has the right to take off her niqab. As she and Shada go for their appointment at the Yemen Times, Shada tells her that she looks simply beautiful.

At the Yemen Times, Nujood is impressed both by the office building and the journalists working in it. She marvels at Nadia, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper: “I would never have imagined that a woman can manage a newspaper. How can her husband accept that?” (122). She is surprised to find that Nadia’s office is equipped with a children’s room for her daughter so that “she can be a mama and keep working” (123). Nujood also marvels at the female journalists wearing a variety of veils, from niqabs to scarves, and looking very modern. She thinks about their