Sonita
my fight against tyranny and my escape to freedom
$68.15
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
8 July 2025
Summary
Sonita: A Voice Against Forced Marriage
Nearly 15 million girls, including many in the U.S., are forced into marriage each year. Each of these girls has a price tag–and a story. Sonita Alizada was almost sold twice. Her price tag was $9,000. The money her family received for selling her would pay for her brother’s wife.
The first time Sonita was put up for sale, she was 10 years old and she thought that she was participating in a dress-up ga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780063439009 |
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| ISBN-10: | 006343900X |
| Author: | Sonita Alizada |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Collins |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 644g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Sonita Alizada
Sonita Alizada is an Afghan rapper and activist who escaped child marriage in 2015, when her viral music video, “Daughters for Sale,” helped her secure a scholarship to study in the United States. Through her music and advocacy work, Sonita has campaigned for women’s rights and against child marriage, partnering with organizations like the Malala Fund, Global Partnership for Education, and Girls Not Brides. She has received the U.S. Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award, the MTV Europe Music Generation Change Award, and was included in BBC’s 100 Women in 2015. Sonita, who learned English upon coming to the U.S., graduated from Bard College in 2023; she is currently pursuing a master’s degree at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
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