Khadija al-Salami

Khadija al-Salami (Arabic: خديجة السلامي; born November 11, 1966, in Sana'a, Yemen[1]), is the first Yemeni female film producer and director.

She escaped the immense family and society pressure by finding employment with the local television station and simultaneously attending school in the mornings which was her only output for happiness.

Al-Salami began her career making documentaries, whose primary foci are women, including A Stranger in her Own City (2005) about exile and how home can keep one trapped with the traditions one grew up in.

[2] Al-Salami did not want to tell only Nujood's story, but also her own and that of many other Yemeni child brides to allow other young girls to understand the effects of these marriages.

[citation needed] Al-Salami currently serves as Press and Cultural attaché and Director of the Yemeni Information Centre at the Embassy of Yemen in Paris.