SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Sonita Alizadeh

1996 - Today

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Sonita Alizadeh (Dari: سونیتا علیزاده; born 1996) is an Afghan rapper and activist who has been vocal against forced marriages. Alizadeh first gained attention when she released "Brides for Sale," a video in which she raps about daughters being sold into marriage by their families. With the help of Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, an Iranian documentary filmmaker who over three years documented her story in the film Sonita, Alizadeh filmed the video to escape a marriage her parents were planning for her, even though it is illegal for women to sing solo in Iran, where she was living at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonita Alizadeh has received more than 248,026 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sonita Alizadeh is the 761st most popular social activist (down from 618th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 137th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Afghan Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sonita Alizadeh ranks 761 out of 840. Before her are Lamiya Haji Bashar, Alicia Garza, Leydy Pech, Farhad Fatkullin, Manasi Pradhan, and Mukhtar Mai. After her are Sarah Hegazi, Aqeela Asifi, Frances Haugen, Nathan Law, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, and Luisa Neubauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Sonita Alizadeh ranks 314. Before her are Austin Mahone, Duki, Assim Madibo, Josefine Frida Pettersen, Riechedly Bazoer, and Srđan Babić. After her are Uğurcan Çakır, Nathan, Ivo Grbić, Alfredo Morelos, Alexander Schlager, and Halvor Egner Granerud.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh ranks 156 out of 177. Before her are Aryana Sayeed (1970), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Malalai Joya (1978), Zakia Zaki (1962), and Nadia Ghulam (1985). After her are Aqeela Asifi (1966), Zohib Islam Amiri (1990), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Roya Sadat (1983), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), and Balal Arezou (1988).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Afghanistan

Among social activists born in Afghanistan, Sonita Alizadeh ranks 5. Before her are Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Malalai of Maiwand (1861), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), and Zakia Zaki (1962). After her are Aqeela Asifi (1966), Aziza Siddiqui (1983), Jamila Afghani (1976), and Bibi Aisha (1991).

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