Author: Sonita Alizadeh

Quotes

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.

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

When I was being sold into marriage, it was hard to see a future for myself.

When I was being sold into marriage, it was hard to see a future for myself.

- Sonita Alizadeh

I saw my friends being beaten because they said no to child marriage.

I saw my friends being beaten because they said no to child marriage.

- Sonita Alizadeh

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.

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

It means so much to me that my family went against our tradition for me.

It means so much to me that my family went against our tradition for me.

- Sonita Alizadeh

I am an activist and rapper from Afghanistan, and I use rap to speak out and help end child marriage.

I am an activist and rapper from Afghanistan, and I use rap to speak out and help end child marriage.

- Sonita Alizadeh

Music reaches people in a way that simple spoken words just can't.

Music reaches people in a way that simple spoken words just can't.

- Sonita Alizadeh

I want to study law, become a lawyer, and work in Afghanistan for human rights.

I want to study law, become a lawyer, and work in Afghanistan for human rights.

- Sonita Alizadeh

There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important.

There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important.

- Sonita Alizadeh

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