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sonita alizadeh

Sonita
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Outside of class, this Afghan teen rapper travels the world to end child marriage
Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghan rapper singing about women's rights. She's also junior at a high school in Utah. New to the country, Sonita misses her family, who live over 7,000 miles away.
Culture
Starting school in Utah, wishing home wasn’t 7,000 miles away
Born in Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh got a full scholarship to go to Wasatch Academy, a boarding school in the heart of Utah.
Culture
Afghan teen rapper goes from poverty in Afghanistan to eating sushi in the US