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Fawziya Abdullah Yuossuf
Sep 14 2009, veena

Girl child Fawziya Abdullah Yuossuf was married to a 24 year old farmer working in Saudi Arabia when she was just 11. Ruled by tribal traditions child marriages are prevalent in Yemen being a very poor country girls are married off when they are not..

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