Sonita's World

Outside of class, this Afghan teen rapper travels the world to end child marriage

Sonita Alizadeh escaped a teen marriage in Afghanistan by writing a rap song about it. She now goes high school in Utah, and travels the world campaigning against child marriage.

Culture

Starting school in Utah, wishing home wasn't 7,000 miles away

The World

September 10, 2015

Afghan rapper Sonita Alizadeh is sharing her diary with us as she restarts life at a high school in Utah. It's not easy, when her family is 7,000 miles away.

Culture

Afghan teen rapper goes from poverty in Afghanistan to eating sushi in the US

The World

September 04, 2015

Not having enough food to eat was normal for Sonita Alizadeh, an Afghan teen rapper who grew up as a refugee in Iran. Life at her new prestigious boarding school in Utah couldn't be any different.

Culture

Outside of class, this Afghan teen rapper travels the world to end child marriage

The World

January 12, 2016

Sonita Alizadeh escaped a teen marriage in Afghanistan by writing a rap song about it. She now goes high school in Utah, and travels the world campaigning against child marriage.

Culture

Once a child laborer in Iran, now a high school student in Utah

The World

September 30, 2015

Updated

09/30/2015 - 1:00pm

Afghan teen rapper Sonita Alizadeh used to be a child laborer when she lived in Iran as a refugee. Now she's a junior at Wasatch Academy in Utah, and reflects on the difference between work and homework.

Culture

Starting school in Utah, wishing home wasn't 7,000 miles away

The World

September 10, 2015

Afghan rapper Sonita Alizadeh is sharing her diary with us as she restarts life at a high school in Utah. It's not easy, when her family is 7,000 miles away.

Arts

Afghan rapper escaped teen marriage by singing about it

The World

May 12, 2015

Updated

07/03/2015 - 3:45pm

A young girl from Afghanistan escaped being forced into marrying a man when she was 14 years old — by writing a rap song about it. The young rapper is now living and going to school in the US, and she’s still making music about social justice in Afghanistan.