after the trial, ali rejoined her family in a suburb of sana'a. she returned to school in the fall of 2008 with plans to become a lawyer. ali's memoirs, ghostwritten by delphine minoui, were published in 2009, and royalties from international sales of the book were intended to pay for her schooling; but she did not attend school regularly. because of negative world press coverage about yemen resulting from the case, ali's passport was confiscated in march 2009 and she was prevented from attending the ceremonies for the women's world award in vienna, austria. media reports also questioned whether proceeds from the book were in fact coming to the family.