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Global Voices

I Was Worth 50 Sheep

Season 5 Episode 14 | 52m 10s

Watch the film through July 31st.

Following a long practiced tradition in Afghanistan, 10-year-old Sabere was sold to a man in his fifties. For the next six years she was both slave and wife, miscarrying four times. Now at sixteen, she is fighting for her freedom.

09/02/2012 | Expired 08/01/2016 | Rating TV-PG

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Global Voices

I Was Worth 50 Sheep

Season 5 Episode 14 | 52m 10s

Following a long practiced tradition in Afghanistan, 10-year-old Sabere was sold to a man in his fifties. For the next six years she was both slave and wife, miscarrying four times. Now at sixteen, she is fighting for her freedom.

09/02/2012 | Expired 08/01/2016 | Rating TV-PG

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