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I want to go back to my country to help other girls. We need to support girls to see other possibilities for themselves, to have a vision for their own future.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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Sonita Alizadeh
rapper, women's rights activist, composer
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Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghan rapper and activist who has been vocal against forced marriages. Alizadeh first gained attention when she released "Brides for Sale," a video in which she raps about daughters being sold into marriage by their families. With the help of Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian documentary filmmaker who over three years documented her story in the film Sonita, Alizadeh filmed the video to escape a marriage her parents were planning for her, even though it is illegal for women to sing solo in Iran, where she was living at the time. After releasing the video on YouTube, Alizadeh was contacted by the Strongheart Group, which offered her a student visa and financial help to come and study in the United States, where she then relocated and has resided since. In 2015, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women.
All Quotes by Sonita Alizadeh
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There is a lot of suffering and injustice in the world, and there is also a great deal of hope. When you step forward and start speaking about what you see and what you want to change, you can begin living in that hope instead of despair.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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There is a lot of suffering and injustice in the world, and there is also a great deal of hope. When you step forward and start speaking about what you see and what you want to change, you can begin living in that hope instead of despair.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me and supported me when I came to the U.S.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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My friends, they get married at 15 years old. I saw them with bruises on their faces. I realized this is the real face of child marriage.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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When my father died, I was nine or 10, and my mother was like a dad and a mom to me. She raised me and supported me when I came to the U.S.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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My dream has always been to inspire young girls to see their own power and follow big dreams and realize that they have potential.
— Sonita Alizadeh
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When I was being sold into marriage, it was hard to see a future for myself.
— Sonita Alizadeh