Words matter. These are the best Sonita Alizadeh Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I want to study law, become a lawyer, and work in Afghanistan for human rights.
It means so much to me that my family went against our tradition for me.
When my mother told me they have to sell me, I couldn’t breathe; I couldn’t speak.
There is a lot of suffering and injustice in the world, and there is also a great deal of hope. When you step forward and start speaking about what you see and what you want to change, you can begin living in that hope instead of despair.
In order to see truly where I am and where I want to go, I need to remember where I once was.
There is a great power in speaking your truth and standing for something important.
I don’t like high heels.
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.
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.
I don’t want to be a musician forever. I want to keep going to school and become a lawyer for women’s rights and also use the law to help women.
Being a rapper as a woman is not a good thing in Afghanistan. I kind of put my life in danger whenever I go somewhere to talk about women’s rights or make music, rap, or have interviews.
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.
My parents tried to sell me. I was looking for a way to share my feelings, so I started to rap to talk about the painful experience of being a girl.
When I’m rapping, I become very emotional, and people can feel it through my face.
I am an activist and rapper from Afghanistan, and I use rap to speak out and help end child marriage.
