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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.

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A good girl in Afghanistan should be silent, should not talk about her future, should listen to your family, be like a doll so that everyone can play with her.

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

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

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My dream has always been to inspire young girls to see their own power and follow big dreams and realize that they have potential.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: Afghani

Type: Musician

Born: Unknown

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