When one teen’s parents tried to sell her into marriage, she stopped it -- by writing a viral rap song. Sonita Alizadeh is one of the youngest female rappers in Afghanistan. At age 10, her parents considered selling her into marriage for the first time. “It was a painful moment,” Alizadeh said at the Women in the World summit in New York on Thursday. “I couldn’t understand that I’d have to forget my dreams.” Afghan rapper Sonita Alizadeh opened the #WITW Summit with a powerful perf...
When one teen’s parents tried to sell her into marriage, she stopped it -- by writing a viral rap song. Sonita Alizadeh is one of the youngest female rappers in Afghanistan. At age 10, her parents considered selling her into marriage for the first time. “It was a painful moment,” Alizadeh said at the Women in the World summit in New York on Thursday. “I couldn’t understand that I’d have to forget my dreams.” Afghan rapper Sonita Alizadeh opened the #WITW Summit with a powerful perf...
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