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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
