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“When my mother made a decision to sell me, I didn’t give up because I had designed a shiny future in my mind for myself” Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghan rapper and activist who grew up as a refugee in Iran where, as a child, she faced forced marriage. She fought to pursue a career in music has used her raps to make the issue of child marriage heard. She continues to advocate for the the end of child marriage through her music | Freeda En