Background
At an early age, al-Salami was sent to live with relatives after her mother divorced her father over severe domestic abuse.
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Khadija al-Salami
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George Washington University.
Career
Al-Salami resides in Paris, France. She escaped the immense family and society pressure by finding employment with the local television station and simultaneously attending school in the mornings. At the age of 16, she received a scholarship to finish secondary school in the United States.
Subsequently, she enrolled at the Mount Vernon College for Women, in Washington, D.C. After a period in Yemen and Paris, she returned to Washington to earn her Master's degree in communications at the American university. For her thesis, she produced her first film. Since then, al-Salami has produced several documentaties for various television networks in France and Yemen.
The primary focus of her documentaries focus on women, possibly as a reflection of her life experience. al-Salami currently serves as Press and Cultural attaché and Director of the Yemeni Information Centre at the Embassy of Yemen in Paris.
