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Sonita Alizadeh sings inside of the recording studio at her high school in Utah.

Once a child laborer in Iran, now a high school student in Utah

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Afghan teen rapper Sonita Alizadeh used to be a child laborer when she lived in Iran as a refugee. Now she’s a junior at Wasatch Academy in Utah, and reflects on the difference between work and homework.

Sonita Alizadeh is an Afghan rapper singing about women's rights. She's also junior at a high school in Utah. New to the country, Sonita misses her family, who live over 7,000 miles away.

Starting school in Utah, wishing home wasn’t 7,000 miles away

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Born in Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh got a full scholarship to go to Wasatch Academy, a boarding school in the heart of Utah.

Afghan teen rapper goes from poverty in Afghanistan to eating sushi in the US

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