Sonita Alizadeh
Sonita Alizadeh ( Persian سونیتا علیزاده, DMG Sonītā ʿAlīzādäh ; * 1997 ) is an Afghan rapper . She first gained fame through her song Brides for Sale , in which she protested against the practice of forced marriage .
Life
Sonita Alizadeh grew up in the city of Herat . To escape the influence of the Taliban , her family fled to Iran . At the age of ten she was supposed to be forcibly married for the first time, but this did not materialize. In Iran, influenced by the Iranian rapper Yas and the American rapper Eminem , she began to write and record her own songs. The NGO Strongheart Group became aware of the artist through the video for her song Brides for Sale . The organization Sonita Alizadeh then offered to help her with the financing of a student visa, which enabled her to travel to the United States in 2015, where she has since attended the Wasatch Academy in Utah .
Movie Sonita
The Iranian director Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami accompanied Sonita Alizadeh for three years to document her story. The film Sonita won both the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary and the Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival .
literature
- Ueli Bernays, protest songs of the sold bride. “Sonita” - a film about an Afghan rapper , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 6, 2016 ( online ).
- Sacha Batthyany, Priceless. It was ten when it was to be sold for the first time , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , No. 189 of August 17, 2016, p. 3.
- Sacha Batthyany: «It was as if Eminem had given me a tool». In: Tages-Anzeiger from September 9, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Alizadeh, Sonita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Afghan rapper and activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1997 |