Author: Sonita Alizadeh

Quotes

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

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

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 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.

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.

- 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

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

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.

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

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

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