She studied and acquired a law degree from Charles University in Prague in (1989), after which she returned to Yemen as the North and South were unifying to work as a human rights and defense lawyer.
[2] In 2005, Nasser defended a young woman prisoner who had been found guilty of murdering her husband despite insufficient evidence and sentenced to death by a firing squad despite being a minor at the age of 16, which Yemeni laws prohibited.
Ali claimed her husband regularly beat and raped her, despite having agreed to hold off on having sexual relations with her.
The court granted Nujood Ali the divorce in a few weeks, which made her the youngest divorcee in the world at the time.
[4] Ali's historic case encouraged other young female brides in Yemen to seek divorce.