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I saw my friends being beaten because they said no to child marriage.
Sonita Alizadeh
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When I was being sold into marriage, it was hard to see a future for myself.
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My platform for activism is my music, and the issue I am working to address is child marriage. Everyone can find an issue that they care about and their own authentic way of expressing and sharing their message and working for change. When you speak authentically about something that matters to you, your voice has even more power.
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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.
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My parents tried to sell me. I was looking for a way to share my feelings, so I started to rap to talk about the painful experience of being a girl.
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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.
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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.
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There was no giving up. Trying and trying. That's what I'm all about.
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I don't like high heels.
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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.
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When the Taliban was ruling Afghanistan, women were not allowed to go to school, to work, or even leave the house without a male chaperone. The greatest moment was when that ended.
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Every song is a long process. First I have to write a story for it, and then to make it into a song, I have to make it short and then shorter - so it's not easy!
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